Rear View

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I love this approach and it works really well here - its a lovsly painting. If you are not already familiar with him you might like to look at Ali Yanya's website : http://www.aliyanya.com/page4.htm

Posted by Michael Edwards on Sat 30 Jul 15:43:40

Thanks very much Michael. This is the first week I've put paintings on here, fairly new painter so not sure what to expect, though I need to get a bit better with a camera to get the painting image clearer and well sized. I'll have a look at A Y's site. Thanks

Posted by Pat Thompson on Sat 30 Jul 16:54:50

I like it that you've cropped the fig on the right. It's hard to paint on the spot and especially, I imagine, in Italy with watercolours when the heat will dry them very quickly. Thanks for your kind comments on my painting.

Posted by Marjorie Firth on Tue 06 Sep 17:12:30

Hang on Studio Wall

31/03/2015

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This was a quick watercolour on a visit to Italy, Lake Iseo, as part of a group painting holiday in 2010. As everyone was busy painting at the time, my painting effort was not observed by the 3 ladies in the picture....and it was a rear view! To get the warm glow wash of yellow/pink/blue - I soaked the paper and used a bulls eye effect - a centre circle of yellow, surrounded by alizaron crimson and then an outer circle of blue. I didn't sketch in advance, just painted a vague effect for the figures. This took about 10 to 15 minutes and seemed to work quite well.

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Pat Thompson

I've been painting almost ten years, initially with watercolours, then moving on to oils and other media. I am self taught, though have attended several short painting courses. I paint as a hobby and also belong to 2 art groups in Yorkshire. I exhibit through them and local galleries. I love…

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