The Shady Pool, Princes Woods

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Great colour choices that work very well.

Posted by Heather Love on Wed 02 Oct 14:46:13

Lovely watercolor and great greens David!

Posted by Jolanta Kedra on Wed 02 Oct 15:02:48

A really good painting, like it a lot.

Posted by Paul (Dixie) Dean on Wed 02 Oct 15:05:30

Good strong use of colour David.

Posted by Stephen Slater on Wed 02 Oct 19:14:17

A restful scene well captured lovely palette.

Posted by Lesley Peters on Wed 02 Oct 21:02:42

Thank you all for those positive comments. It's really heartening to know that an ordinary bit of typical British countryside can be so appreciated by people other than me!

Posted by David Whitehead on Thu 03 Oct 14:17:55

Lovely painting of these trees and landscape, the colours look fabulous!

Posted by Angela Harrison on Sat 12 Oct 06:23:02

Thank you, Angela, it's good to hear that people still like earth colours in a world where bright and vibrant primary colours are available.

Posted by David Whitehead on Sun 13 Oct 09:19:04

Beautifully painted David.

Posted by caroline harris on Sat 03 Oct 13:09:16

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02/10/2019

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A rare outdoor painting session on my local patch, after a summer of travelling and sketchbooking. I wanted to capture the feel of the strong backlighting, whilst keeping some tone and texture in the tree trunks, without making them black silhouettes. More green than I normally use but I think W & N Green Gold looks a natural English green, and it is used here in mixes with Winsor Yellow, Burnt Sienna and French Ultramarine.

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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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