Clouds over the Niesen, Lake Thun.
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Soft pastel on Pastelmat Card. 24 x 30 cm. Depicts a warm summer's afternoon with Heap Clouds building up over the summit of the Niesen (2'362 m), the pyramidal icon of Lake Thun, Switzerland. I blocked-in with hard pastels, created a dry underpainting using a piece of pipe foam-insulation, then used Unison, Schminke and Sennelier soft pastels in layers until the atmospheric effect I was seeking was achieved. On-Site painting.
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Keith DIXON
Keith Dixon Living near the Swiss Pre-Alps and Lakeland, as I do, provides me with many alpine subjects to paint. I paint outside as well as in the studio in oils, soft pastels, acrylics and dry media. Born on the E.Coast of N.England, I miss the ocean. This may be why many of my paintings are of…
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