Santa Maria Della Salute

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Really good and different view of a much painted area Barry. Lovely watercolour work.

Posted by Jim Morris on Mon 17 Apr 12:04:18

Loving the mood and atmosphere, great change from sunny Venice

Posted by Karen Thomas on Mon 17 Apr 12:23:31

Great sky Barry and a definite winner with fine techniques

Posted by Dennis Rounding on Mon 17 Apr 14:29:41

Thank you Jim, Karen and Dennis, I appreciate your comments.

Posted by Barry Hulme on Mon 17 Apr 14:51:27

Very nice painting Barry.

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Mon 17 Apr 15:50:25

As Jim says, this has a different feel to most paintings of this scene.

Posted by Stephen Slater on Mon 17 Apr 16:49:23

Love the style and the colours, Barry - should go down well at your next meeting.

Posted by Maureen Sherman on Mon 17 Apr 18:04:16

I agree with everyone else Barry, it's nice to see Venice painted in a different palette. And it works. I like the warm browns against the greys.

Posted by Marjorie Firth on Mon 17 Apr 19:12:16

Thank you Margaret, Stephen, Maureen and Margorie, it seems most people like this palette.

Posted by Barry Hulme on Mon 17 Apr 19:15:35

Wonderful view Barry, great watercolour as always.

Posted by Cesare Romano on Mon 17 Apr 20:06:35

Lovely, I like this very much

Posted by David Johns on Tue 18 Apr 15:19:21

Thank you Cesare and David, after a good response I am persuaded to go for the half imperial on Arches.

Posted by Barry Hulme on Tue 18 Apr 17:48:44

Hang on Studio Wall

17/04/2017

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I am very lucky that I have several painting friends to socialise and paint outside with, four of us meet for a meal every two weeks and each choose a challenge to be painted before the next meal. This painting is my first attempt (as you can see we take the challenge very seriously) and I may do another on a more suitable paper. This is quarter imperial Fabriano practice paper 130llb. I wanted to do something slightly different and so used a active sky and mainly used tone in the buildings. I feel it's a bit rough and ready but like the concept.

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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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