Incoming Train

Great work Ken this is a great scene of a railway station, lovely detail in it and lovely bright vivid colours for a watercolour

Excellent watercolour Ken. I know this station and you have encouraged me to open my eyes and look around me next time I'm there instead of thinking it the cold dreary place I usually do.

Hi Ken, you must have some excellent patience to paint all that detail! Lovely work.

Beautiful work. I love your subjects and compositions.

Excellent control of the medium. I just don't have the patience. Looked at your website and not surprised you have such success. Painting of Newhaven harbour evocative to me as know the area well

As an employee of Network Rail (Signalling Technician). I can't tell you how impressed I am with the detail you have produced in this painting. From the tail lights and red aspect of the signal shining brightly, to the detail on the overhead line structure and your rendering of the ballast and rails. You have even included some disconnection boxes below the platform edge. Great work in the two platform staff too. Absolutely brilliant Ken. Well done.

Thanks everyone for the positive comments, especially Chris Downing who clearly knows a thing or two about the infrastructure of a railway station (which I don't, myself). Chris, I notice you referred to 'tail lights' - lights that I assumed were headlights. I guess I'll have to change the title to Departing Train!

Ken, to be honest I was drawn in to your painting so much that I didn't even notice the title. Your assumption is correct though, the red lights are at the back end of the train and must be illuminated at all times. If the train passes a signal box with the tail lights out, the signalman reports it to the signalman in advance of the train who will stop it and have the faulty lights rectified. There are some really great subjects on the railways and I have painted a few myself. Why not take a look at my gallery.

What a super busy scene - one with which we're all familiar, but never dreamt of painting - too hard I suppose (or perhaps we simply don't have the imagination). The loss is ours!

Great attention to detail and some lovely darks in this one Ken. I too thought at first that the train was leaving.