Near Mungrisdale.

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another fresh and sunny watercolour, Denis.

Posted by Cesare Romano on Sat 29 Apr 07:23:39

And the same can be said for this delightful painting

Posted by dennis roberts on Sat 29 Apr 07:39:47

Like this one too

Posted by Maureen Sherman on Sat 29 Apr 17:31:39

Another really good piece of work Denis.

Posted by GEORGE CUTTER on Sat 29 Apr 19:31:58

You are right Michael, cropping would help a lot. I have a very good friend who paints over in New England. I remember when I first painted with her (she's a professional artist). She'd look at my works and utter either KISS, Or CTC. Kiss meant Keep it simple stupid, and CTC meant Cut the Crap. Still good advice!

Posted by Denis Pickles on Sun 30 Apr 12:31:45

Hang on Studio Wall

29/04/2017

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This was painted on the extreme northern boundary of the National Park. It is usually much quieter up here , certainly quieter than Keswick! Often, after a morning painting, we'd have lunch in a little pub in the village. Once we were served outside by a young lad who was wearing one red sock and one blue one. When I pointed out that he was wearing odd socks, he looked down, though a second then told me that he had another pair like that at home!

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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 83 years 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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