Above Conway, North Wales

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French Ultra + Burnt Sienna(orange) mix will give one of the deepest darks without using for example Paynes grey, it is a more interesting and useful colour as it can air on the blue side or the orange side. Paynes grey would have killed this scene.

Posted by David Pilgram on Mon 22 Nov 06:53:25

Love it. A beauty

Posted by Faye Patrick on Mon 22 Nov 07:20:53

Really interesting explanation and a lovely watercolour

Posted by Heather Love on Mon 22 Nov 07:54:17

A lovely scene and beautiful painting, thank you for the explanation of colour choice.

Posted by Paul (Dixie) Dean on Mon 22 Nov 08:48:44

Really like this David the rocks stand out so well and love the windswept tree. Thanks for the info.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Mon 22 Nov 09:11:09

Lovely David, totally agree the limited palette and the colour variation you achieved mixing your own darks works really well.

Posted by Barry Hulme on Mon 22 Nov 10:24:31

A lovely watercolour, David and so interesting about your colours etc.! - I agree about Paynes Grey - I once used too much in a mountain painting and had a very drab result!

Posted by Anne Fletcher on Mon 22 Nov 13:41:28

Thank you everyone for your very kind comments

Posted by David Pilgram on Mon 22 Nov 16:55:43

Super example of what can be achieved with a limited palette David……a real smasher of a painting.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Mon 22 Nov 17:22:01

Thank you Fiona

Posted by David Pilgram on Mon 22 Nov 17:54:46

Hang on Studio Wall

22/11/2021

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Watercolour 9" x 7" Bockingford NOT. Sometimes you go past a scene and say,` i must sketch/paint that`. This is what happened here, i passed it many times!!! I used just three colours; Burnt Sienna, French Ultra and Raw Sienna. After an outline drawing i used candle wax on some of the rocks. I let the thick foreground wash loose its shine and then used a credit card to shape the rocks. Sometimes it is interesting to limit the colours used in a painting.

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David Pilgram

David Pilgram is a Professional watercolour artist. He has exhibited, run courses and was guest artist on major cruise ships for many years(Saga and Fred Olsen) He demonstrated at the NEC, Birmingham and Published many articles for the`Leisure Painter` art magazine. He has Exhibited at:…

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