Three Chimneys, Cobden Edge, Mellor

Three Chimneys, Cobden Edge, Mellor
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This is lovely with superb tones and beautiful muted colours.

Lovely watercolour David with clear washes. Looks like a sunny day with good tones and a very nice composition.

Thank you both for your encouragement. This is more detailed than my normal style but I was experimenting with W&N Green Gold which I have just added to my palette. I never used a tube green before, preferring to mix my own, but this gives a really wide range of natural greens, mixed with appropriate yellows, siennas and blues. It's in almost everything, from the grass to the stone.

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14/06/2015
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This imposing property sits on the edge of Mellor Moor with a panoramic view over Marple to New Mills. Rather than just a "buildings portrait" I wanted to capture the feeling of being high and on an Edge.

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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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