Autumn at Netteswell

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This pastel painting really caught my eye Mick. I love the way you have captured the tree reflections and the stunning autumnal colours.

Posted by Christine Davies on Wed 24 Apr 13:29:04

Agreed, great work Micj stunning colours

Posted by Ros Patterson on Wed 24 Apr 14:16:46

Wonderful colours... Works so well.

Posted by Sylvia Evans on Wed 24 Apr 18:11:37

I think you're establishing yourself as a colourist - although I also like, maybe slightly prefer, your more tonal works; something for everyone, anyway!

Posted by Robert Jones, NAPA on Wed 24 Apr 18:30:40

thanks for the visits and kind words Folks. The more and more my eyes deteriorate, I have to choose the colours I can see, and I'm less able to work tonaly, even though the colours are a bit like a can of baked beans in the back your head. best Mick

Posted by Mick Saunders on Wed 24 Apr 22:41:45

I think this is fantastic. I have admiration for your adapting ....

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Thu 25 Apr 07:22:03

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31/03/2015

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Fooling around painting from some old photos I took of the Priory Pond at Netteswell. What struck me most in the photos, was the stand of red cornus that Harlow Council Parks planners put in, a stroke of genius, I think. This is the NW corner, there used be an excellent Salix babylonica there but the angling club managed to get permission to cut it down because it was shading the corner and not allowing water lillies to form as shelter for the carp. Three years ago, when we left, about three years after the cut, there were still no water lillies, and no significant increase in the pond's carp population. Rowney soft pastels, Rembrandt soft pastels, FaberCastel Pitt pastel pencils on Clairefontaine pastelmat, anthracite, original image size 12"x9".

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