Bargemon

Bargemon
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Charming sketch Colin, lovely textures on the stone work and the path leads us to the archway very well. Good restrained use of the pen also.

Charming work!:)Linda

Another superb little scene Colin, that stonework colour is excellent

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31/03/2015
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This is one of my holiday sketches which I made in a small 23X31cm spiral-bound book of Arches 140lb not paper with a Faber Castell sepia pen and a little bijoux box of watercolours that I find handy for this sort of work. Bargemon is a charming hilltop town in the Var region of Provence where David Beckham is said to have a home, and I have spent many happy hours sketching there.

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Colin Cripps

I have been keen on painting and drawing for as long as I can remember, and started to study art seriously at the age of 14 in the early Sixties with local artist Dora Leaman. I had hoped to go to art school, but for various reasons this was not possible and I lost interest for a while until theā€¦

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