Galloway Hills To The North.....(3)

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A lovely mixed media piece Fiona, really like the pastel colours (and the composition with the wall/fence line on the diagonal).

Posted by Jenny Harris on Fri 22 Jan 19:17:50

A lovely one Fiona. Those tiny bits of black showing through hold it together and the colours sing, even tho' they're pastel. I love the scratchy branches.

Posted by Marjorie Firth on Fri 22 Jan 19:30:22

A typical Fiona homeland sketch. Lovely.

Posted by Jim Morris on Fri 22 Jan 20:16:26

A terrific idea Michael! Thank you. Thanks Jenny, the wall has more ups and downs than this in reality. Marjorie thank you. I don’t know why but colours do seem to shine out on a black ground. Thank you very much Jim.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Fri 22 Jan 21:05:39

Love the lightness of this and the colours work really well.

Posted by Diane Boswell on Fri 22 Jan 21:44:36

A successful one, the colours are so harmonised.

Posted by Kwok Wai Chau on Sat 23 Jan 02:48:14

Ooh, cold cold cold - great use of pink Fiona

Posted by Heather Love on Sat 23 Jan 06:27:16

Great composition and colours Fiona.

Posted by Sandra Kennedy on Sat 23 Jan 06:30:16

Beautiful scene and the colours are lovely.

Posted by Denise Cat on Sat 23 Jan 07:18:16

The pastel colours are different and effective Fiona.

Posted by Stevan Petrovic on Sat 23 Jan 08:23:31

Not sure why you’ve used a black ground but you must have your reasons... However, I like this composition even though it all looks a bit flat in tone.

Posted by Alan Bickley on Sat 23 Jan 09:00:32

It certainly is a wintry scene. Agree about the wall on the diagonal. It is a long time since we spent some time in Galloway. Loch Trool, Newton Stewart and on to Portpatrick. When the good times come back ..........

Posted by Richard Cooper on Sat 23 Jan 09:03:18

It certainly looks jolly cold there Fiona and the mixed media has been very effective.

Posted by Carol Hitchman on Sat 23 Jan 09:10:04

Beautiful view Fiona and I love those colours so much!

Posted by Carole Swingler on Sat 23 Jan 09:42:37

You've really captured that cold look here Fiona, brilliant colours!!

Posted by Linda Drury on Sat 23 Jan 09:46:24

What more to say Fiona. It's great.

Posted by George Cutter on Sat 23 Jan 11:00:09

It's a scraggy time of year with everything in the landscape struggling to survive (like the rest of us) -and it's all in your super painting!

Posted by Willie Drea on Sat 23 Jan 15:59:59

So beautiful, Fiona - love that sky.

Posted by Margaret Nisbet on Sat 23 Jan 16:00:52

Thank you very much everyone for your interesting observations, I wanted cold, desolate and emptiness and as Willie mentioned, struggle. Thanks again. X Alan, I have two very good reasons for using a black ground....it’s MY painting and I wanted too...darling. X

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Sat 23 Jan 16:16:49

A beautiful painting Fiona!

Posted by Cristina Bello on Sat 23 Jan 17:09:16

👏🏻- as always

Posted by Tomasz Pukszta on Sun 24 Jan 20:43:04

Christina and Tomasz, thank you both very much.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Sun 24 Jan 21:29:19

This has worked beautifully. It is gorgeous.

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Sun 24 Jan 22:17:07

Thanks Gudrun, I did enjoy doing this , quite free and liberating.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Mon 25 Jan 12:49:39

Beautiful mark making, really captures the spirit of the landscape in winter

Posted by Stephen Shelley on Wed 27 Jan 13:21:39

Wow very unusual and eye opening,excellent!

Posted by William Jones on Sun 14 Mar 16:06:31

Stephen, my apologies for taking so long to thank you. William, you are very generous, thank you.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Sun 14 Mar 21:46:04

Hang on Studio Wall

22/01/2021

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16”x14” mixed media...oil, charcoal and a bit of scratching out, black gesso ground on board. I did a quick sketch a week or so ago, in charcoal and pastel from the patio looking north to the hills. They’d had a dusting of snow overnight and the light was clear enough to make out most of the hills. Remembering a couple of colours I had put together on a failed painting last week, thought I would give them a go in this one.

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