Three Trees on a Bank, Higher Poynton

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Yes David, it looks really good, I like the dark sky (or perhaps they are distant trees) behind those lovely light trees, super work.

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Wed 12 Apr 16:07:10

I like this very much David

Posted by Maureen Sherman on Wed 12 Apr 17:38:45

Thanks very much for those comments. They were distant trees when I painted them, Margaret, but that's the beauty of painting, isn't it? They are just a tone of pigments on paper which the viewer can interpret as they wish.

Posted by David Whitehead on Fri 14 Apr 11:38:53

Hang on Studio Wall

12/04/2017

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This week's Tuesday outdoor effort. After a glorious warm weekend, Tuesday was grey with a surprisingly strong cold wind. Adopting my "well, this one's going to be for the bin" attitude I let rip on this group of trees. Their positions on a small hilly rise attracted me as a composition of diagonals, and it turned out better than I expected.

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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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