Setting sail from Cape Town

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Lovely boats David 🚢

Posted by Faye Patrick on Fri 20 Aug 14:41:55

Wonderful David.

Posted by Denise Cat on Fri 20 Aug 15:00:17

The lovely background sets of the ship beautifully

Posted by Judith Osborne on Fri 20 Aug 15:40:38

A lovely painting of a great ship, the days when ships had an elegant look to them are sadly are long gone.

Posted by Paul (Dixie) Dean on Fri 20 Aug 16:20:26

Beautiful painting David, live the boats.

Posted by David Johns on Fri 20 Aug 17:07:24

You've done justice to Table mountain on a good day well done

Posted by Moira Simonsen on Fri 20 Aug 18:21:25

I really like the colours you have used. The harmonise very well and emphasise the backdrop.

Posted by Ron Goodwin on Sat 21 Aug 00:09:44

Good work David!

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Sat 21 Aug 14:41:32

Really like this David - the excellent Table Mountain highlights the ship.

Posted by Richard Cooper on Sun 22 Aug 08:29:24

Hang on Studio Wall

20/08/2021

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Just completed this watercolour of the Union Castle passenger and mail ship, Windsor Castle, setting sail from Cape Town. Unfortunately the service was withdrawn in 1969 ( I stand to be corrected) . I can remember the journey via the West coast of Africa used to take three weeks and included in the cargo used to be the latest British magazines and comics so I always received my editions of magazines three weeks after their release in the UK!!

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David Stevens

I am a retired civil engineer who has been sketching and painting watercolours and acrylics as a hobby for the past twenty years or so. I grew up in Africa and worked in Southern Africa and Botswana for a number of years but have spent the past forty years or so resident in England with my family. I…

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