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The Garden Gate, Acton Scott Hall by Bobbie Matulja

The Garden Gate, Acton Scott Hall - Oil on canvas board, begun en plein air 12-7-2022 finished in the studio 20-7-2022
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A beautiful painting Bobbie the whole series has been really good and well, painted.

Thank you. We all need to keep learning to grow and develop - and this intensive 3 day course made my brain hurt! My art room has been relatively cool during the heatwave, which has given me a good excuse to ignore all the other claims on my time and keep on painting.

It's lovely and I particularly like the way you've used lights.

Thank you Heather and Spencer. I really enjoyed painting it!

I like the way we are drawn to the garden gate. Nicely done.

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20/07/2022
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This is the last piece from last week's plein air painting retreat with Vicki Norman. I began it at the end of Day One after making a preliminary Notan sketch to establish the values. The angles and planes of the roof lines and the grand entrance are what attracted me to this corner of the garden, and I had enough time to block in and begin the buildings en plein air. I finished the painting at home yesterday with the benefit of a few days to reflect on my learning points.

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Bobbie Matulja

I'm a busy Churchwarden from a rural parish in South Shropshire. After stupidly turning down a place at Art College when I was 18, I joined an adult education course in 2010 which re-ignited my creativity. Since then, I've enjoyed building skills and experience, taking courses with artists whose…

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