Moorland Farm

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I commented on this on SAA and it's great. Well done for being asked to demo.

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Mon 08 Aug 15:29:36

Has that remote feeling.

Posted by Stephen Slater on Mon 08 Aug 20:49:54

Yes, i think the remoteness is nice. A kind of cosiness to the painting.

Posted by anne halliday on Tue 09 Aug 01:10:33

Very bleak, I like it David.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Tue 09 Aug 06:20:45

Thank you all, I'm glad the remote bleakness comes through. Your "cosiness" comment was interesting, Anne, as I had considered painting it with a darker sky and background, and some yellow in the windows to give a cosy, evening, "someone at home" feel. In the end I decided to keep the "glow" of the white paper which I feel is the unique quality of transparent watercolour.

Posted by David Whitehead on Tue 09 Aug 15:06:28

Hang on Studio Wall

08/08/2016

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I was surprised, and honoured, to be asked by Leisure Painter magazine to provide a demo article for the Painters Online Bonus Newsletter. This is the finished painting from that demo which was published in the July 2016 Newsletter.

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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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