Floral by Denis Pickles
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The suggested theme for work at the Art Club today was ‘Sepia Landscape’. I didn’t fancy the ‘landscape’ element and decided to paint a floral. Problem? I didn’t have sepia in my palette so I used burnt umber modified with ultramarine where I wanted it a darker tone, I used a tailors chalk pigment block in dark brown and of course Chinese White. The more I look at it, especially in a mount, the more satisfied I become.
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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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