Old Barns, New House Farm

old barns NH farm
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Super painting David, hard to start all over isn't it ... I still have painters block!

Thanks , Heather. I was surprised how I completely lost the urge to paint for months after I couldn't paint outdoors with my pals. Only making myself do ink and pen and wash sketches at home kept me in some sort of occasional practice. I can't put in words how good it felt to be at the easel, in front of the landscape again.

Great to get outside again and paint like this. Well done!

Thanks, Willie, it did feel liberating. At the start I was all fingers and thumbs until I got used to my outdoor set up again, but after an hour and a half it felt like I'd never been away. Just like riding a bike?!

Hang on Studio Wall
01/04/2021
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After 9 months staying at home, painting outdoors again with my pals felt very strange and I felt like a beginner but I enjoyed every minute!

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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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