Cotswolds After Steve Hall

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Love this, Barry...not a great mess, looks more like a lost edge to me, and do admire Steve's work, too...wish we had talented tutors available here!!!

Posted by Thalia Stones on Mon 07 May 11:32:42

Thanks Thalia, I am very lucky Steve is a very good friend who a great character as well as a super artist.

Posted by Barry Hulme on Mon 07 May 11:41:06

Lovely, Barry.

Posted by Seth Dalton on Mon 07 May 12:44:00

Good job, Barry.

Posted by Cesare Romano on Mon 07 May 13:33:25

Thank you Seth and Cesare, my plan is to do it again without the car.

Posted by Barry Hulme on Mon 07 May 15:18:08

If you hadn't have said anything about the shadow I wouldn't have noticed, it's still a beautiful painting nevertheless, great colours and washes 😀

Posted by Linda Drury on Mon 07 May 16:24:43

A lovely painting Barry

Posted by David Johns on Mon 07 May 19:17:17

Good scene, well painted, Barry

Posted by Maureen Sherman on Mon 07 May 20:30:25

Thank you Linda, David and Maureen for your lovely comments.

Posted by Barry Hulme on Mon 07 May 20:32:32

Like you're loose style in watercolour Steve.

Posted by Brian Perry on Mon 23 May 19:58:26

Hang on Studio Wall

07/05/2018

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When looking for inspiration I often get out my DVDS and spend a couple of hours watching the artists I admire. This exercise often serves to remind me of good practice and sound technique. While watching a Steve Hall painting in the Cotswolds I started thinking about my washes and mark making and decided to tackle one of the scenes. It’s not a direct copy as I concentrated on the scene rather than Steve’s painting. I was doing ok until near the end when I made the error of not making the right hand side shadow dark enough which has resulted in a bit of a mess on the front of the house and the car. However, it was a good exercise , it will be interesting to get his view when I see him tomorrow evening.

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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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