The quiet life

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Lovely atmospheric stuff, here Dermot, including several of the 50 shades of green! Great light on the sheep, too!

Posted by Thalia Stones on Wed 07 Mar 12:52:23

Beautiful Dermot

Posted by Dennis Rounding on Wed 07 Mar 14:39:10

Masterful Dermot, love it all...the sheep are so simply done but so right.

Posted by Lewis Cooper on Wed 07 Mar 15:07:10

Beautiful Dermot!

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Wed 07 Mar 15:43:40

Lovely atmospheric work Dermot

Posted by Petra Palmeri on Wed 07 Mar 15:58:04

Nice balance of the soft trees and sharp focus on the sheep. This is also proof that green doesn't have to be boring.

Posted on Wed 07 Mar 16:44:55

Nice example of wet on wet and wet on dry techniques.

Posted by Stephen Slater on Wed 07 Mar 17:12:23

Superbly tranquil.

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Wed 07 Mar 17:52:09

That's so good Dermot and I like how you have described your approach to the painting.

Posted by Linda Drury on Wed 07 Mar 18:34:31

Very, very good Dermot, wonderfully vibrant.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Wed 07 Mar 19:21:49

Great atmosphere and light, with the diffused background making those sheep stand out. Terrific.

Posted by andre mulard on Wed 07 Mar 19:45:50

It's a cracker, Dermot.

Posted by Dawn Halliwell on Wed 07 Mar 19:48:39

Just beautiful, love the technique that gives such a lovely result.

Posted by Sandra Kennedy on Wed 07 Mar 19:52:44

Like this for all the reasons already stated. Watercolour at its simplest best, which, paradoxically is very difficult. Have you lifted off the highlights on the sheep Dermot? I'm having difficulty understanding how these lights were achieved, when the trees were put into wet paper, and the highlights are ligter tones to the background trees. Very well done.

Posted by Phil Rogers on Wed 07 Mar 19:57:20

Clean washes are the secret in watercolour. Super piece Dermot.

Posted by Alan Bickley on Wed 07 Mar 21:03:47

Lovely light in this Dermot and done so fast! I like the halo of light on the sheep.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Wed 07 Mar 21:48:24

Very good!

Posted by Shuli Han Dulley on Thu 08 Mar 20:10:46

Superb Dermot

Posted by Russell Edwards on Fri 09 Mar 11:11:47

This is very good, I especially like the background trees and the texture that you have achieved. Congratulations, a lovely piece.

Posted by David Fitch on Tue 08 May 08:26:55

Hang on Studio Wall

07/03/2018

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I painted this with the mop wet in wet , top to bottom in one go using thicker paint for the green grass , trees were put in while on soaking wet paper for diffusion and sheep and spatter in the grass put in when bone dry .............. I love these quick watercolours finished in two passes

About the Artist

Dermot Brennan

I was born and raised in Dublin and have been painting most my life , I used to work as a painter / decorator /sign writer and mural painter and have vast experience in all aspects of the decorating trade especially in artistic and decorative aspects of the trade , I have worked as a teacher of…

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