Great Western Railway Locomotive in Woodhams Yard, Barry c. 1980 by David Clark

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Lovely subdued colours in this sad places, but try to improve the ellippses Savid

Posted by Derek Snowdon on Sat 15 Aug 15:40:06

Hi Derek, You're right about the ellipses, and thanks for your honest comments.I'll work on it.

Posted by David Clark on Sat 15 Aug 17:20:04

Lovely work David with good strong tone

Posted by Dennis Rounding on Sat 15 Aug 17:33:49

Oh I love this David :)

Posted by Maria Hughes on Sat 15 Aug 17:56:17

Thanks Michael - and honestly, I am totally fine with the comments about the ellipses - one of the reasons that I joined the site is to get honest criticism which is helpful, and hopefully get a bit better at what I'm doing.

Posted by David Clark on Sun 16 Aug 18:25:16

Hang on Studio Wall

15/08/2015

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The first time I ever visited South Wales was in 1976 when I persuaded my parents to take me on a day excursion to Barry Island so I could visit Dai Woodham's scrap yard. By the mid 70s Woodhams was the only scrapyard which hadn't cut up the steam locomotives sold off by British Rail at the end of the 60s. They're all gone now, but a significant number of the preserved engines on heritage railways throughout Britain were originally bought from Woodhams Yard them restored. Watercolour on paper.

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David Clark

I've always drawn, but I never took Art as a subject at school, and I've never had any lessons or tuition. I've always doodled in idle moments, and sketched for my own amusement, but I never had the guts to try painting before 2015. I joined the Afan Nedd artists' group that summer, finally plucking…

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