Richards Holiday Photo

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Looks like it was a difficult scene to paint Barry with all those trees but you've managed it really well 😀

Posted by Linda Drury on Fri 26 Oct 09:48:37

It captures the scene perfectly, Barry. I'm very much a grecophile and find this scene totally believable. The olive trees, goatherd, goats, the background mountain and muted colours, evoke memories galore. The foreground wisps of vegetation is a super touch. I love that foreground tree btw. Bri

Posted by Brian J Mackay on Fri 26 Oct 10:48:29

A good composition in the end Barry, nothing worse than using someone's holiday snap to work from. Love the figure and animals.

Posted by Alan Bickley on Fri 26 Oct 14:42:10

It turned out really well Barry, a tricky composition but it looks great.

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Fri 26 Oct 15:37:17

Superb Barry

Posted by Dennis Rounding on Fri 26 Oct 20:33:49

Lovely scene Barry.

Posted by Sandra Kennedy on Sat 27 Oct 20:47:54

I think you made a great job of it.

Posted by Maureen Sherman on Sat 27 Oct 23:05:49

Love it, Barry, very Greek with those lovely olive trees, and the light shining on the goats and the goatherd!

Posted by Thalia Stones on Sun 28 Oct 07:50:31

Thanks to everyone for such supportive comments I was always struggling to make it work and was pleased to get some sort of result and really surprised it appeared on the top gallery.

Posted by Barry Hulme on Sun 28 Oct 09:11:22

Lovely watercolor painting!

Posted by Przemila Koscielna on Mon 12 Nov 07:32:09

Thank you Przemila

Posted by Barry Hulme on Mon 12 Nov 17:42:28

Hang on Studio Wall

26/10/2018

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Working again with my fellow art club member, he brought in a photo from his recent Greek holiday. He wanted to know how I would tackle such a subject , my first reaction was I wouldn’t as it hah various composition problems. To help this I added the figure and used a bright colour to pull the eye into the picture. My struggle to get it to work meant that he didn’t get the usual level of tuition but hopefully showed the struggle we often have in painting and the importance of good composition. Not my best but a good exercise.

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Barry Hulme

I started painting in 2004, I am influenced by Wesson, Seago and many of the great masters, more recently I enjoy the work of Steve Hall, John Hoar and Alvaro Castignet to name but a few. I paint in a loose style and try to simplify as I can. The medium I enjoy most is watercolour but dabble with…

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