My first ever oil painting

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Wow you had great talent at 13. My first PBN was The Laughing Cavalier, had a fascination for portraits ever since.

Posted by Heather Love on Thu 22 Oct 13:39:10

Great painting!

Posted by Diane Boswell on Thu 22 Oct 14:36:08

A very good sense of distance.

Posted by Stephen Kelly on Thu 22 Oct 14:40:20

Blimey, great effort, I particularly like the brush strokes in the foreground

Posted by Paul Webb on Thu 22 Oct 16:19:49

Great painting, Maggie. This is Gutenfels Castle – not too far from where I live. Here is an Link to a similar view: https://oldthing.de/Kaub-Fliegeraufnahme-Burg-Pfalz-Rhein-Schiff-Kat-Kaub-0023148358

Posted by Detlev Bucks on Thu 22 Oct 16:24:39

Thanks for all your comments. How nice to live in such a beautiful area Detlev and thanks for telling me where it is.

Posted by Maggie Thomas on Thu 22 Oct 16:57:50

What an incredible painting, Maggie, for your first ever oil painting, and only aged 13! Such maturity...

Posted by Jan Rossington on Thu 22 Oct 17:42:24

An excellent painting.

Posted by Anne Fletcher on Thu 22 Oct 18:06:28

Hang on Studio Wall

22/10/2020

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When I was about 13 someone gave me a 'painting by numbers' kit, I thought that was rather naff so I used the little pots of paint to do this instead. It is somewhere on the Rhine that I had visited with my parents.

About the Artist

Maggie Thomas

I loved painting as a small kid but wasn't taught any after the age of 12 as it was not considered to be a useful subject. After many years I started painting again and when I retired joined a couple of clubs where I gained knowledge and inspiration from other members. My favourite medium is oil but…

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