The lonesome giraffe by the waterhole!

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Certainly captured very well David. Funnily enough I was watching a wild life program a couple of weeks back. Called the water hole. It monitored all the visiting animals. Your painting is superb.

Posted by Chris Scott on Mon 27 Nov 16:04:10

That's one handsome giraffe!

Posted by Heather Love on Mon 27 Nov 16:08:44

Lovely work David, he probably doesn’t realise anything else is there from that altitude!

Posted by Stephen Slater on Mon 27 Nov 16:23:58

Super!

Posted by Spencer Lambeth-Angell on Mon 27 Nov 16:26:26

Thank you Chris, Heather, Stephen and Spencer for your very kind comments.

Posted by David Stevens on Mon 27 Nov 16:38:53

So has the African essence about it David. Lovely work.

Posted by Carole Kelly on Mon 27 Nov 17:03:00

Excellent David ☺️

Posted by Stephen Hulse on Mon 27 Nov 17:33:48

You have a lovely touch with watercolours David. I always admire your paintings.

Posted by Sue Foster on Mon 27 Nov 18:10:51

Thank you Carole, Stephen and Sue for your very kind remarks - much appreciated.

Posted by David Stevens on Mon 27 Nov 18:14:16

Thats an awesome Giraffe David, really nice work!

Posted by Ross Cameron on Mon 27 Nov 18:22:49

Thank you so much, Ross.

Posted by David Stevens on Mon 27 Nov 18:35:42

Lovely painting David, I like your sky.

Posted by Brian Chadwick on Mon 27 Nov 22:30:33

Such a lovely giraffe and capture too with the expansive background and cloud hovering over in the sky. He maybe can see his reflection in the waterhole, lovely pose for this giraffe!

Posted by Angela Harrison on Tue 28 Nov 04:24:55

Thank you Brian, Angela and Coral for your very kind comments.

Posted by David Stevens on Tue 28 Nov 08:00:49

A good sketch David.

Posted by David Williams on Tue 28 Nov 16:00:42

I feel a storm coming!

Posted by Rob Preece on Tue 28 Nov 17:43:07

Thank you David and Rob for your very kind comments!

Posted by David Stevens on Tue 28 Nov 19:01:10

Ah! Poor lad…

Posted by Marjorie Firth on Wed 29 Nov 08:44:13

Thank you for your comment, Marjorie!

Posted by David Stevens on Wed 29 Nov 09:06:47

Hang on Studio Wall

27/11/2023

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A quick watercolour sketch which I painted this afternoon of an imaginary but typical African scene!

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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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