Barge at anchor. by Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Good sketch, I like the simple colour palette

Posted by Heather Love on Mon 12 Jun 12:23:54

A spritsail no less… fabulous Paul!

Posted by Alan Bickley on Mon 12 Jun 12:51:59

Good use of paint Paul.

Posted by Stephen Hulse on Mon 12 Jun 13:10:33

Really nice sketch, Paul.

Posted by Jenny Harris on Mon 12 Jun 13:31:53

Heather , Alan and Stephen thank you for your comments they mean a lot . Such superb boats need to be looked after and treated with respect so much history goes with them from lugging coal, hay and many other cargoes to rescuing troops from Dunkirk beach .

Posted by Paul (Dixie) Dean on Mon 12 Jun 13:34:56

Many thanks Jenny I appreciate your comment.

Posted by Paul (Dixie) Dean on Mon 12 Jun 13:35:37

Ha you did put it on....nice clean lines .

Posted by Sylvia Evans on Mon 12 Jun 15:30:36

Smashing painting Paul.

Posted by Denise Cat on Mon 12 Jun 15:48:39

good one very moody

Posted by Janet Jackson on Mon 12 Jun 15:57:38

Well painted Paul.

Posted by George Cutter on Mon 12 Jun 16:01:25

Thank you Sylvia , Denise, Janet and George I really appreciate you have taken time to look and comment.

Posted by Paul (Dixie) Dean on Mon 12 Jun 16:43:32

Good sketch Paul!

Posted by Andrew Roles on Mon 12 Jun 17:00:57

Nicely done Paul!

Posted by Ross Cameron on Mon 12 Jun 17:45:01

Andrew , Coral and Ross thank you for taking the time to look and comment I really appreciate it.

Posted by Paul (Dixie) Dean on Mon 12 Jun 18:37:11

A great sketch Paul. Super detail on the rigging.

Posted by Spencer Lambeth-Angell on Mon 12 Jun 19:15:52

Thank you Spencer.

Posted by Paul (Dixie) Dean on Mon 12 Jun 19:39:26

Beautiful use of waste :-)

Posted by Regloh Eknim on Mon 12 Jun 20:05:43

Many thanks Regloh.

Posted by Paul (Dixie) Dean on Mon 12 Jun 20:39:49

What a super silhouette these old ships have when painted in this way Paul……brill!

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Mon 12 Jun 21:18:16

Beautiful sketch Paul.

Posted by Sandra Kennedy on Mon 12 Jun 22:06:40

Think Fiona and Sandra for yay kind comments I appreciate them. They are superb looking vessels and thankfully quite a few are in preservation and some still working.

Posted by Paul (Dixie) Dean on Tue 13 Jun 06:40:39

A lot of skill in painting Paul - I like it - a lot!

Posted by Shaun Byatt on Tue 13 Jun 12:17:56

Shaun thank you for your very kind comment I really appreciate it.

Posted by Paul (Dixie) Dean on Tue 13 Jun 12:19:35

Hang on Studio Wall

12/06/2023

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A4 watercolour sketch using up the paint in my pallet and a sheet is old paper. Fortunately the under drawing on the paper don’t show through. I hate waste so often give myself a twenty minute time limit to use up the paint on old paper or the reverse, I’m told it’s because in it tight wad Yorkshireman. It’s an imaginary scene, I do love these old sailing barges HGVs of their day but more environmentally friendly.

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Paul (Dixie) Dean

I have sketched most of my life on and off I became interested in watercolour following a spinal injury whilst in hospital but did not follow it up. My eldest daughter bought me a beautiful wooden box set of half pans about twenty five years ago I dabbled on and off until retirement twelve years…

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