All out for the Steamy

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Great touch of nostalgia Barry, superb.

Posted by Alan Bickley on Thu 06 Dec 10:15:35

Grand piece of work. I like your additions to what was seen, and the four-person challenge sounds like a great artistic and social idea.

Posted by Lewis Cooper on Thu 06 Dec 10:31:03

Really nice this one Barry.

Posted by Brian Parnell on Thu 06 Dec 13:35:35

Lovely nostalgic peace Barry, sadly I can remember steam trains!

Posted by Stephen Slater on Thu 06 Dec 13:49:31

Beautiful work, Barry.

Posted by Cesare Romano on Thu 06 Dec 13:57:01

Top stuff again Barry.

Posted by Jim Morris on Thu 06 Dec 14:31:58

You’ve captured the atmosphere superbly Barry.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Thu 06 Dec 14:34:52

You can't beat a steam train Barry! This is great as you have really captured the atmosphere of the time.

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Thu 06 Dec 15:44:38

Love the idea of your two weekly challenge Barry and this is really well done and very atmospheric.

Posted by Tessa Gwynne on Thu 06 Dec 15:53:30

You've captured this scene very well with your great free watercolour style.

Posted by Maureen Sherman on Thu 06 Dec 16:19:32

A big Thank you to everyone we do test ourselves with these challenges and getting a result with this one was satisfying to say the least.

Posted by Barry Hulme on Thu 06 Dec 18:14:25

Well balanced, good composition Barry. Love old steam engines!

Posted by Carole Swingler on Thu 06 Dec 22:12:15

Very well accomplished challenge Barry the additional uprights add so much

Posted by Dennis Rounding on Fri 07 Dec 09:08:01

Beautifully painted.

Posted by Margaret Nisbet on Fri 07 Dec 17:56:28

I can see another painting developing from this by cropping and just using the right hand side of this give a really strong composition. Love the colours here.

Posted by Julia Dixon-Smith on Fri 07 Dec 21:12:41

Thank you Carole,Dennis and Margaret glad you liked my bit of nostalgia.

Posted by Barry Hulme on Sat 08 Dec 09:18:35

Thank you Julia you have confirmed a thought I had about the right ride being a picture in its own right. It’s nice to have your thoughts confirmed by others as they are not as invested in the work.

Posted by Barry Hulme on Sat 08 Dec 09:23:39

Very atmospheric Barry. Love it.

Posted by DOROTHY WILSON on Sun 09 Dec 02:37:38

Thank you Dorothy.

Posted by Barry Hulme on Sun 09 Dec 07:05:02

Hang on Studio Wall

06/12/2018

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Three other painters and myself meet once every two weeks for a meal and each time one of us selects a painting challenge to be completed and brought along for the next meeting. I scrambled to get this one finished as my early efforts didn’t come off. I used loose washes and a lot of simplification especially on the steam engine which probably won’t please the purists but I think the inclusion of some upright elements in the telegraph poles and signals which weren’t in the the original image helped.

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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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