West Gate, Southampton

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Don't understand why you've not had comments - just pushed off the front page too fast, I imagine. I know this area quite well, though haven't been there for a good many years: the old wall has a beauty which unfortunately the rest of the city rather lacks - and I think you've caught the subtle colours in the old stone.

Posted by Robert Jones, NAPA on Tue 29 Apr 22:17:09

Thanks Robert, yes I thought about the page being renewed quickly too. You are dead right about the city. I did 12 of these scenes around the city as watercolours and then had some prints framed up and sold them all.

Posted by Derek Snowdon on Wed 30 Apr 09:58:45

So right sometimes pictures just whizz along. I do like the stone work and soft muted colours. May I offer a bit of a crit... The post in the middle! In my very humble opinion is too " in the middle". My eye keeps being pulled toward it and I find it too dominating. But I. Like the rest of the composition a lot

Posted by Sylvia Evans on Sat 03 May 11:29:07

Thank you Syvia and what's wrong with a crit or two? We should all be able to take it especially constructive like yours. I totally agree and can only say I wouldn't have done it these days, but this was about 20 years back.

Posted by Derek Snowdon on Sat 03 May 18:51:14

Hang on Studio Wall

13/04/2015

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Quite an old one I didn't want to sell as it was in my first spell of oils. I did a series of ink and watercolour round the old city and they all went through an art dealer and I liked this so did it in oils for a try. It's 20 x 30cm on board. I hope my photo shows the range of muted colours in the roof of the arch.

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Derek Snowdon

Eleventyeight as my hashing pals called my new age recently, it's supposed to sound better. Trying to paint every day in acrylics using only expired credit/debit cards, and partially succeeding as they're only for me and not show these days.

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