My First Sketch in France

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The detail is so good!

Posted by David Stevens on Mon 06 Sep 07:04:59

Excellent Barry, where abouts in France is it. We lived there for 6 months of the year for 16 years in the South West.

Posted by David Pilgram on Mon 06 Sep 07:08:49

Catches it perfectly, spend many happy hours drawing and painting in France 👍

Posted by Bari Marsh on Mon 06 Sep 07:18:11

Excellent painting Barry and done beautifully.

Posted by Paul (Dixie) Dean on Mon 06 Sep 07:44:50

Beautiful work Barry.

Posted by Chris Scott on Mon 06 Sep 07:45:46

How lovely is this, both the view and drawing

Posted by Heather Love on Mon 06 Sep 08:10:30

Thank you nice to get all of your comments. Hi David it is located in the Limousin area south west of Limoges.

Posted by Barry Hulme on Mon 06 Sep 08:25:58

Excellent work Barry, lovely feeling of light.

Posted by Stephen Slater on Mon 06 Sep 09:36:44

Thanks Barry, we were near Tarbes

Posted by David Pilgram on Mon 06 Sep 11:47:21

A fantastic pen and wash, Barry. So perfectly executed!

Posted by Mia Ketels on Mon 06 Sep 12:01:20

A really superb piece, Barry - loads of atmosphere and light and the textures are really beautifully rendered.

Posted by Seok Yam Chew on Mon 06 Sep 15:02:15

Great pen and wash.

Posted by Maureen Sherman on Mon 06 Sep 21:39:06

The skill of the underlying drawing shows through Barry. Excellent pen and wash.

Posted by Dympna Marshall on Mon 06 Sep 22:51:55

And a very good one at that, really like this a lot! Well done.

Posted by William Jones on Wed 08 Sep 21:50:07

Hang on Studio Wall

06/09/2021

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First evening looking up the road from my partners cottage in France. Initial drawing with my Noodler fountain pen followed by some sharpened matchstick and Indian ink for extra darks and finished with watercolour washes.

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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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