Rising Tide at Pin Mill

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This is just lovely David....

Posted by Sylvia Pawson on Thu 04 Aug 15:34:53

Smashing use of the medium on a great subject. Haven't been there for years.

Posted by Derek Snowdon on Thu 04 Aug 16:25:35

Great work David, cheers, Paul ;0)

Posted by Paul Newcastle on Thu 04 Aug 18:40:29

Lovely watercolour David, beautifully captured scene.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Thu 04 Aug 18:43:26

Lovely serene watercolour David.

Posted by Henry Martin on Fri 05 Aug 05:52:53

Thank you all for your kind comments. If you go again, Derek, I think you'll find not much has changed, except the prices in the Butt and Oyster!

Posted by David Whitehead on Fri 05 Aug 10:00:32

Thank you, Michael, you couldn't have a better hero! Perhaps have a look at the work of Andrew Pitt, a current Suffolk artist, who portrays this coast in a Wesson-like style better than anyone I know.

Posted by David Whitehead on Tue 09 Aug 14:59:30

Hang on Studio Wall

04/08/2016

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I've just returned from a brief visit to Pin Mill on the River Orwell in Suffolk, something I try to do at least once a year, and more often if I can. It really is a timeless place, there's always at least one Thames Barge and other types of flat-bottomed barges on the mud. This picture tries to capture the incredibly quick rising of the tide up the shallow sloping mud and slipway of the Hard. It's so quick it's impossible to paint it live so my preferred method is to take photos and then watch it from the bay window of the Butt and Oyster pub alongside.

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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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