Across the stream

A lovely painting!!

Simple and elegant does the trick.

Always like your work John and this is lovely

Lovely feel to your painting John. Almost expect to see Christopher Robin appear.

Super picture, and Chris beat me to it with the Winnie the Pooh reference. There's places like this around me that I can't ever capture as simply and as well as this. Well done.

It's fresh and lovely.

I like the composition,looks very peaceful.

Excellent painting John I particularly like the format and the spilling over in the right hand corner .

Thank you all for those comments. I smiled at that Chris and Andrew, but yes it does have that period feel! It's a trick I often use Dixie to soften the hard edge of these little pictures, and sometimes provides a lead in to the scene (I hope).

Just fabulous. Please can you tell me what Dixie is? Do you draw with a pencil/fine pen then use watercolour. How long did this picture take? Sorry to ask so many questions. 😊

Thanks Pat. Dixie is Paul Dean - see his comment near the end! I had already tested out the scene in pencil on a scrap of paper so for the real thing it was straight in with a fineliner pen and then watercolour, taking 2-3 hours (but 45 years of practising!).

Thank you very much for your swift and generous reply. I understand the Dixie approach now! 🤣 I am 61 so will do what I can with the time available!😉