Snowy Lane near Adlington

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what snow - we didn't get any. Your painting makes me feel chilly - lovely tree.

Posted by Val-Irene Robertson on Sat 30 Jan 17:22:02

Perfect watercolour!

Posted by Beatrice Cloake, N.A.P.A on Sat 30 Jan 17:51:16

This is a beautiful watercolour, and so well composed. Adlington near Chorley, Lancashire, by any chance?

Posted by Ruth Dolan on Sat 30 Jan 18:11:36

Thank you all for your kind words, glad you like it, but the composition and colours are down to Mother Nature, really! Ruth, it's Adlington, Cheshire, close to where I live, and Valerie - we only had a day of snow. It was, however, a day when I couldn't get out there to paint it, so I photographed the light and colours on the field behind our house, then picked a sketch from my local sketchbooks and blended the two in an indoor painting.

Posted by David Whitehead on Sat 30 Jan 19:04:29

I saw my maidenname and had to look David. Its lovely. Cold, chilly but lovely .

Posted by Sylvia Evans on Sat 30 Jan 19:47:26

Lovely snow scene, David.

Posted by Cesare Romano on Sat 30 Jan 20:27:01

A couple of super watercolours David.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Sun 31 Jan 12:29:57

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30/01/2016

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Enthused by the recent snowy weekend I created two snow scenes at home from my local sketchbooks, using the same limited palette of Cobalt Blue, French Ultramarine, Burnt Sienna & Quinacridone Sienna. This is the first.

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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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