Autumn in the Lakes by Dawn Blatherwick

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Good composition and the water works very well.

Posted by William Batty on Tue 12 Nov 09:36:10

Beautiful! There is a wonderful unity with the colours and tones.

Posted by Sarah Stanley on Tue 12 Nov 09:56:35

This works beautifully Dawn. Love the unity of colour, the reflections and the crisp feel of autumn.

Posted by Carole Kelly on Tue 12 Nov 11:04:14

Your objectives have ben very well achieved!

Posted by Heather Love on Tue 12 Nov 11:42:05

This is very nice indeed.

Posted by Collette Hughes on Tue 12 Nov 12:00:09

Lovely and subdued which sets of the reflection perfectly.

Posted by Marjorie Firth on Tue 12 Nov 15:04:41

Love a good puddle or two, and sky reflections Dawn, very well painted.

Posted by Tessa Gwynne on Tue 12 Nov 16:57:23

The water and reflections really bring it together.

Posted by Christine Rogan on Tue 12 Nov 18:09:48

Lovely

Posted by Chris Creasy on Wed 13 Nov 12:07:27

Really good.

Posted by Maureen Sherman on Wed 13 Nov 19:36:38

This is a super landscape, Dawn.

Posted by Spencer Lambeth-Angell on Wed 13 Nov 20:39:23

Hang on Studio Wall

12/11/2024

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To try to capture the muted tones of autumn is always tricky, you're pushed towards the oranges and greens. I have tried in this piece to reduce the chroma and mixed a lot of the colours with grey, I do usually love the intensity of colour but in this piece I wanted the calmness and the distance of the hills to shine through. It was directly after a storm and the sky was still grey, but the optimism of better weather was on its way. Gouache on paper A3

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Dawn Blatherwick

Dawn is a Yorkshire based oil painter; she works in a very traditional way. She begins with an underpainting and gradually build layers to intensify colour, saturation and depth. She appeared on Sky’s Landscape Artist of the year in 2021 and it was this experience that brought her landscape and…

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