Sleeping by Denis Pickles

Sleeping
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Spendid stuff Denis. Really good.

You should be very please Denis.

A really good effort Denis, love the washes.

great watercolour love it.

Well done Denis, sumptuous darks and great skin colours, such a good art club subject.

Very delicate, sensitive work Dennis.

You should be delighted. It's a very accomplished painting.

And so you shouldn't be Don. This is superb. Drawing and painting a nude from life or copying an experts work is equally daunting, well done.

I like this style Dennis, lovely watery watercolour!

Wonderful painting, Denis, great watercolour.

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23/01/2017
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Whenever my art club has a meeting, we have a theme. Last week the theme was ''Sleeping'. I have long been an admirer of the American watercolourist, Don Andrews - I have his book and I decided to try and reproduce one of the illustrations contained in the book. It's not easy. Don is a master of his craft and skilled as a result of his long use of watercolour. I tried and was not displeased with the end result.

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Denis Pickles

I’ve been drawing and painting for a long, long time. The first picture I have still in my possession is dated November 1939 and 85years on I’m still at it! Keen on art at school and would have dearly liked a job with an art connection- I had hoped to get into architecture, but it did not happen.…

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