Aldeburgh - if it's any fresher it's still swimming

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Like both of your compositions and love your title too.

Posted by Chris Scott on Sun 03 Oct 13:30:38

Excellent sketch .

Posted by Paul (Dixie) Dean on Sun 03 Oct 13:32:11

Super sketch, so much to interest the eye

Posted by Heather Love on Sun 03 Oct 14:12:02

Thank you all for those encouraging comments.

Posted by David Whitehead on Sun 03 Oct 20:46:47

Excellent work as usual, a really appealing image.

Posted by Paul Webb on Mon 04 Oct 07:31:35

Thank you for the compliment, Paul. You can look around for ages for a composition then sitting with a coffee there's one right in front of you !

Posted by David Whitehead on Mon 04 Oct 18:44:08

Pleasant, lively sketch David - we have bought fish there !

Posted by Richard Cox on Tue 05 Oct 07:14:19

Thank you, Richard, glad it evokes memories for you.

Posted by David Whitehead on Tue 05 Oct 11:19:24

Have just caught up with this excellent sketch - very "busy" and interesting,

Posted by Richard Cooper on Wed 20 Oct 08:03:00

Thank you for taking the time to comment so positively, Richard.

Posted by David Whitehead on Wed 20 Oct 17:36:28

Hang on Studio Wall

03/10/2021

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My favourite part of Aldeburgh is the promenade where long established fishing families sell their catch from shacks on the beach. With fishing boats hauled up alongside, the catchy slogan - If it's any fresher it's still swimming - is patently true. This quick ink sketch was done while having coffee in the garden of the Wentworth Hotel opposite.

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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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