Bank Holiday at the Beach

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It’s a nice place Bobbie but the most important thing is that you enjoyed painting it , after all that’s why we paint .

Posted by Paul (Dixie) Dean on Tue 19 Jul 11:30:08

Agree with Paul and it looks like it was a lovely day.

Posted by Heather Love on Tue 19 Jul 11:31:14

Thank you both. It was a lovely day - baking hot and cloudless!!

Posted by Bobbie Matulja on Tue 19 Jul 12:07:35

It’s a lovely painting Bobbie and if you had fun painting it that’s all that matters.

Posted by Spencer Lambeth-Angell on Tue 19 Jul 12:49:49

Beautiful and sunny 🌞

Posted by Faye Patrick on Tue 19 Jul 22:06:37

Lovely!

Posted by Juris Libeks on Wed 20 Jul 06:54:07

Having fun is definitely the way to go! I wish I'd had more time on the day - but making additions and amendments now, with hindsight, might spoil the vibe!

Posted by Bobbie Matulja on Wed 20 Jul 08:47:43

Hang on Studio Wall

19/07/2022

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I bought a second hand French/pochade easel ready for a plein air painting retreat last week, and I had a very limited time to try it out the previous weekend. This is the result - an acrylic on canvas study painted in less than 2 hours. The source photo is one of my own taken at St Ives West Beach on August Bank Holiday 2021, when everyone was desperate to be out again after lockdown. It isn't my best piece of work, but I had fun painting it!

About the Artist

Bobbie Matulja

I'm a busy Churchwarden from a rural parish in South Shropshire. I've been painting and drawing for 13 years - so I would describe myself as an experienced amateur. I'm a member of Ludlow Art Society and the Ludlow Friday Group, who paint landscape en plein air during the summer months with…

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