Three Shire Heads

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Wonderful details and textures David

Posted by Ruthy flet on Mon 11 Jul 17:52:25

Great drawing, I have seen photos of this bridge.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Mon 11 Jul 17:58:58

I really like this David, and envy you your sketching talents. Looks a nice place to be.

Posted by Adele Elgood on Mon 11 Jul 21:13:41

Thank you all for your generous comments. Yes, it's a wonderful place to be, a true wildscape, and I rejoice in still having the legs and lungs to get out there and sketch or paint on the spot. So many of my painting colleagues don't, and that's why I have a computer and cupboard full of photos from which I can paint when that time comes.

Posted by David Whitehead on Wed 13 Jul 09:08:03

Hang on Studio Wall

11/07/2016

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Three Shire Heads is a remote packhorse bridge where Cheshire, Derbyshire & Staffordshire meet. It’s a good two mile moorland walk from the nearest road so I’ve never yet carted my outdoor painting gear there. A sketchbook, pencil and fibre tip pens are no trouble to carry, though, and I spent a wonderful hour sat on the bank doing this sketch.

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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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