View from Maughold Head towards North Barrule and Slieu Lhen by Bobbie Matulja

View from Maughold Head towards North Barrule and Slieu Lhen - Soft pastel and pastel pencil on yellow Tiziano pastel paper - 11th Sept 2024
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Good work - a thing I hate to do is represent far-away buildings: how to give them the right emphasis, not startlingly standing out as if you'd observed them through a high-powered telescope, not so vague as to be indistinguishable from rocks or a flock of sheep. I can see you fought with that issue, but - I think you've pulled it off!

A good view Bobbie

A lovely piece Bobbie, fabulous view.

Interesting diagonals and a good sense of distance here, Bobbie.

Great landscape Bobbie.

Thank you everyone for your kind words. I love the hamlet of Maughold, and I always find time to visit the church and churchyard - which probably has the biggest collection of Celtic / Norse crosses on the Isle of Man.

I like the range of colours you've used for this very appealing landscape.

Thanks, Diane. The yellow paper really helped!

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I needed something I could do on a board on my lap while sitting in on my stand at h.Art earlier this week - so I chose this view from Maughold Head looking towards North Barule on the Isle of Man from one of my own photographs. Soft pastel and pastel pencils on A3 yellow Tiziano pastel paper.

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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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