Good barging weather

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Nice work David, looks great.

Posted by Jim Morris on Sun 11 Aug 09:49:57

Great watercolor sketch with pen and wash David.

Posted by Nancy Farrar Coughlin on Sun 11 Aug 09:51:20

Excellent David.

Posted by Richard Cooper on Sun 11 Aug 11:27:14

Stunning!

Posted by Heather Love on Mon 12 Aug 07:26:48

Thank you all for those supportive comments. I love the way sketching feels liberating, and produces happy accidents. The sky was done in less than 30 seconds with a "dancing brush" alternating between cobalt and cobalt/light red washes, and to me it conveys recession better than most of my considered watercolours!

Posted by David Whitehead on Tue 13 Aug 09:27:58

Hang on Studio Wall

11/08/2019

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Once I had photographed the ink sketch for future use as colour trials (see how I use colour trials in my Sketchbook gallery) I added watercolour to make a pen & wash.

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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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