The Thrush Tree at the Devonshire Arms

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Great painting, the building looks really good. I agree with your sentiment re the British countryside, having lived in several place overseas, our country offers to me the best scenery in the world.

Posted by Paul (Dixie) Dean on Mon 17 Feb 15:43:04

Such a great ink sketch, like your hedges!

Posted by Heather Love on Mon 17 Feb 16:10:27

Excellent sketch, David.

Posted by Margaret Nisbet on Mon 17 Feb 18:59:50

Love the story behind your painting David. Great style too.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Mon 17 Feb 19:24:17

Thank you all for those comments. Much appreciated. I do find travel sketching as satisfying as considered painting these days, certainly more evocative than holiday photos.

Posted by David Whitehead on Tue 18 Feb 18:55:18

Hang on Studio Wall

17/02/2020

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We just spent the weekend in Wharfedale, staying in this wonderful hotel, while Storm Dennis raged outside. The only bright thing about taking our dog out for his walks was the thrush singing away in the tree outside, so I took a quick photo in the rain, did an ink sketch from the camera in our room, and put watercolour on the sketch back home. The biggest challenge was trying to avoid making the trimmed box hedge bushes look like kettledrums!

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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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