Along the Great Ouse

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Lovely painting and very picturesque site!

Posted by David Stevens on Sun 09 May 14:56:35

Beautifully painted and with such delicacy Jon. Love the muted background, which emphasises the foreground light.

Posted by Carole Kelly on Sun 09 May 14:59:18

Fabulous and so delicate, great reflections

Posted by Heather Love on Sun 09 May 15:33:07

A beautiful watercolour, John!

Posted by Anne Fletcher on Sun 09 May 15:44:43

Lovely, sensitive work John.

Posted by Stephen Slater on Sun 09 May 16:31:39

Beautiful painting!

Posted by anne cooper on Sun 09 May 20:54:03

Thank you all for those comments. I'm sure that our length of the Great Ouse has yet more scenes to inspire paintings and keep me occupied..........

Posted by John Whitehead on Mon 10 May 21:24:33

Beautiful and so calming

Posted by Sarah J Hathaway on Wed 12 May 17:12:20

Thank you Sarah.

Posted by John Whitehead on Thu 13 May 20:22:49

Beautiful painting, super reflections and foliage.

Posted by Karen Lewis on Sat 29 May 08:18:27

I love all your paintings. You once mentioned that you like Graphik in graphite and sepia. Are these the Derwent brand that are watersoluble? Thank you.

Posted by Pat James on Tue 01 Jun 19:08:01

Thank you Karen and Pat. The Derwent Graphik pens are waterproof Pat, so paint over them with no problem. The water-soluble pens that I use are Stabilo Point 88, I have them in sepia and a red-brown colour, and use them for quick sketches with a water-filled brush pen.....Derwent I think.

Posted by John Whitehead on Wed 02 Jun 18:07:15

Hang on Studio Wall

09/05/2021

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The river behind our house often inspires me to draw or paint.....i drew this scene a few days ago then decided I would do a painting from the sketch. It's watercolour on Clairefontaine cold pressed (very nice surface!), 6" x 4".

About the Artist

John Whitehead

A Lancastrian who now lives in Buckinghamshire, I'm a professional engineer, former lecturer and self-taught watercolour painter. I've drawn since childhood and in the 1970s began to tentatively add watercolour to pen drawings. This is still my favourite medium but I do make the occasional foray…

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