Aperture Card

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I really like this Bill. You have done a lovely job of the foreground water and also the small island colours are warmer and strong than the distant hills and this gives it depth.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Sat 18 Jan 11:38:47

PS Forgot to add, it looks super in the mount....good idea.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Sat 18 Jan 11:39:22

I agree with Fiona, lovely piece Bill

Posted by Ros Patterson on Sat 18 Jan 11:48:27

Thanks Fiona and Ros for your kind comments - very much appreciated

Posted by Bill Cook on Sun 19 Jan 11:24:11

Hang on Studio Wall

01/04/2015

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As I'm trying to get to grips with oil painting techniques and practice them, I thought I'd continue with my idea of putting small studies into aperture cards, instead of just doing little practice pieces to be discarded. This is a local scene in SW Scotland. Oil on gessoed paper, app 15 x 10cm

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Bill Cook

I'm a retired scientist (fisheries biologist), with a lifelong hobby in photography, but also a long term interest in drawing and painting. The first watercolour sketches that I can remember doing were of fungi, whiling away the time in front of the telly whilst waiting through the night for…

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