Winter Light, Langdale

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This is beautiful David. I love the outline of the mountains against that crisp, blue sky and the lovely siennas in the foreground adding warmth and depth to your painting.

Posted by Carole Kelly on Wed 20 Nov 11:34:02

What a great painting David.

Posted by Heather Love on Wed 20 Nov 12:21:35

Super palette, David!

Posted by Thalia Stones on Wed 20 Nov 13:36:41

Agree with Carole’s comments, David, this is lovely.

Posted by Jenny Harris on Wed 20 Nov 16:20:14

Striking painting..I like the crispness of it and the dark against the light areas.

Posted by Chrissie Havers on Wed 20 Nov 19:58:39

Great winter colours David

Posted by Noel Kendall on Thu 21 Nov 15:27:22

Thank you all SO much for those compliments but, as I often say, it's Mother Nature we have to thank for the lighting and inspiration! I hadn't thought of "crisp" as an attribute but I see it now. The snowy skyline is done without pencil lines which I feel would spoil it, just a big brush of cobalt blue describing the mountain tops. The palette, Thalia, is my usual limited one of 4 colours - W & N cobalt and green gold, and Daniel Smith's versions of raw & burnt sienna - Transparent Yellow Oxide and Transparent Red Oxide in this case.

Posted by David Whitehead on Thu 21 Nov 20:33:28

Beautiful

Posted by Romila Datta on Fri 22 Nov 09:53:16

Hang on Studio Wall

20/11/2019

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Painted at home from a photo taken on a walk in the Lakes this time last year, when the winter lighting highlighted the complementary blues and oranges in the landscape.

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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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