Simple Tree-study 6" x 6" Approx. (15cm x 15cm)

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Well it did! I like this kind of simple study, with acres of space just suggested.

Posted by Robert Jones, NAPA on Fri 04 Dec 10:30:35

Works very well.

Posted by Paul Beattie on Fri 04 Dec 10:41:47

Thanks for the comments gents. I appreciate it. The tree is still in the field by the way, although it is looking a bit lonely. The rest of the hedgerow was grubbed up. There are loads of these mature specimens in the Lichfield area.

Posted by John Walker on Fri 04 Dec 11:23:34

I love the fence and green ditch area too - they elevate the painting from the generic to the specific

Posted by Kim Sommerschield on Fri 04 Dec 15:13:13

Simple, straightforward and beautiful!

Posted by Adebanji Alade on Sat 05 Dec 18:50:47

Agree with Adebanji. It is very beautiful in its simplicity. I love sketching trees to, so appreciate this one all the more perhaps.

Posted by Colleen Barton on Sat 05 Dec 20:14:59

It may be simple but it is a great painting.

Posted by David Fitch on Fri 31 Jul 19:13:59

Hang on Studio Wall

31/03/2015

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A simple Tree-study in watercolour, on Saunders Waterford, 300lb; using only a Fanbrush and a Rigger. The fan was used on edge for the main tree parts and as a 'fan' for the foliage. The rigger for the 'branches' of course. Done mainly to see if it worked.

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John Walker

I have painted most of my life. Childhood Christmases usually found a box of watercolours in my 'stocking'. I left school in 1954 and within 6 months I had enlisted in the Royal Navy, starting at the infamous HMS Ganges, near Shotley, Suffolk. Artists country yes, but no time for such things while…

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