Topographical drawing for "First Snow" by Jo Morton

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Very good sketch too Jo despite the odds against it!

Thank you!

Lovely to see this preparatory sketch Jo, and your written instructions as an aid to your memory, so useful when painting. I like this very much and would happily frame it as it is.

Well the paper's been through the wars, but apart from that, you could have framed this and called it a finished piece - and still have produced your lovely painting from it: both would have stood up in their own right.

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20/05/2025
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A now somewhat scruffy plein air study drawing, carried out while sitting on a marvellous vantage spot, Rannerdale Knotts in the English Lake District. Fortunately I had managed to sketch the main outlines the day before while on a recce, so when I discovered that snow had fallen overnight it was a very quick job to trace these off and dash to my chosen perch! What a good thing I did, as later thick fog descended, completely obscuring the view, so fortunately I now had sufficient information to continue!

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Jo Morton

My name is Jo Morton My artistic journey has been an interesting one! I was born the 'middle one' of triplets -a rarity then! At the prep school we were sent to the Art classes were 'paid extra', so I missed out on those, but couldn't understand why at the age of five I always had a queue…

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