Lyvennet

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Super detail James! Well-worth the effort.

Posted by Karen Lewis on Thu 11 Aug 10:01:02

Great work James.

Posted by Spencer Lambeth-Angell on Thu 11 Aug 10:44:46

Lovely, James - I haven't used this medium before - it's very effective!

Posted by Anne Fletcher on Thu 11 Aug 11:45:30

This is a smasher james, like it a lot, fab tonal values.

Posted by Heather Love on Thu 11 Aug 11:49:23

Thank you Karen, Spencer, Anne and Heather. Encouraged by your comments I will do a larger version with oil pastels and watercolour, a mixed media combination favoured by Chris Forsey whose excellent book I have just bought.

Posted by James Underwood on Thu 11 Aug 15:33:24

Really well drawn lovely lights and darks will make a really good watercolour.

Posted by Paul (Dixie) Dean on Thu 11 Aug 16:10:59

Lovely, so much tone and depth, very affective

Posted by Jan Bramley on Fri 12 Aug 14:04:33

Thank you Paul and Jan. much appreciated.

Posted by James Underwood on Fri 12 Aug 15:46:51

Hang on Studio Wall

11/08/2022

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River Lyvennet in Cumbria’s Eden Valley. Started as a tonal sketch, but as usual I got obsessed with detail. Water-soluble graphite (Derwent Graphitone) and acrylic ink on A5 cartridge paper.

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James Underwood

Other than sketching on agenda papers during tedious committee meetings, I started drawing and painting only after several years in retirement. Then, almost 70 years old, I first attended an art course. Still so much to learn, thankfully! — “Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is…

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