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Very nice James, I like the blustery sky and every thing else about it. Your watercolour sketch would be a nice painting in its own right too. :)

Posted by Sarah Bottjer on Tue 31 Jul 09:23:49

Very nice James, I like the blustery sky and every thing else about it. Your watercolour sketch would be a nice painting in its own right too. :)

Posted by Sarah Bottjer on Tue 31 Jul 09:23:50

Love the way you have painted the cliffs, very convincing. We stayed there at Easter, chilly but very enjoyable.

Posted by Fred Elwell on Tue 31 Jul 16:00:57

Hang on Studio Wall

31/03/2015

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I've only recently started using acrylics, my last venture in the mid 70's. I feel like a child let loose in the sweet shop; all the vibrant colours and the versatlity. This one let me impasto (is that a verb?) and then scratch. Problem is I enlarged it from a quick watercolour and coloured pencil sketch on site and somehow feel the viewpoint has got lost. Any thoughts?

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james hair

I'm an amateur artist. not entirely self-taught as I attended portrait classes for some years. There I learned how to look carefully. There's not much opportunity for posed portraiture now, but as an avid observer and sketcher I try to capture moments, movements, postures , scenery, atmospheres…

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