Farm sketch with colour notes

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Fantastic, David. Beautiful colour scheme.

Posted by Mia Ketels on Sat 09 Jul 13:50:26

What a lovely painting David

Posted by David Johns on Sat 09 Jul 14:33:32

Super painting David.

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Sat 09 Jul 14:47:51

Nailed enough to work later, Impressive drawing and tones.

Posted by Derek Snowdon on Sat 09 Jul 15:18:45

Lovely additions to the sketch.

Posted by Marjorie Firth on Sat 09 Jul 17:26:06

Thank you all for your encouraging comments, especially those who called it a painting. To me it's an ideas sketch which has not yet been used as the basis for a painting, but that may now change soon!

Posted by David Whitehead on Sat 09 Jul 19:01:47

Hang on Studio Wall

09/07/2016

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What do you do when you find a great subject on a walk and only have a sketch book, no camera, no paints and no time to do a full tonal sketch? This is my answer - do a quick line drawing of the composition and building, and pencil in colour notes. Once home, add paint while the memory is still fresh in your mind. This is just one of many hints and tips I gleaned from the late, great James Fletcher-Watson's books.

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David Whitehead

I have always loved the British landscape – walking in it, photographing it and now, since early retirement, painting it in watercolour. I prefer to paint in the field and have experienced all the difficulties the British weather can present to a painter, from the sun drying the paint on the…

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