Soothing Sounds of the Sea

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Five stars for that feeling of movement in the water Paul.

Posted by John Graham Inkson on Wed 27 Sep 09:11:32

Beautiful Paul, I really like this one.

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Wed 27 Sep 09:59:52

I find pastel EXTREMELY difficult, and couldn't approach this level of accomplishment - you were taught well, and learned, if anything, better!

Posted by Robert Jones, NAPA on Wed 27 Sep 11:36:45

Thank you very much John, I was glad that I achieved that sense in the painting!

Posted by Paul Harman on Wed 27 Sep 19:26:24

Thank you very much Margaret, pleased you liked it. It has been my most difficult seascape to date.

Posted by Paul Harman on Wed 27 Sep 19:27:47

Thank you for your comments Robert, over the past ten years I believe I have mastered pastel and strive to continue to improve. I have had some excellent teachers and read volumes of information on pastel techniques and challenged myself with many different subjects to be able to learn more. Now I am being asked to teach and that is reward in itself. Thank you again for your remarks, All the best, Paul.

Posted by Paul Harman on Wed 27 Sep 19:31:59

Beautiful pastel work Paul, love the richness of colour

Posted by Teresa Allen on Wed 27 Sep 22:33:21

Lovely work Paul

Posted by Maureen Sherman on Thu 28 Sep 21:13:08

Thank you very much Teresa!

Posted by Paul Harman on Tue 03 Oct 01:20:03

Thank you for your comment on my work Maureen!

Posted by Paul Harman on Tue 03 Oct 01:21:11

Love the softness of the foam, brilliant work Paul.

Posted by Jennifer Brown on Tue 03 Oct 20:41:26

Thank you very much Jennifer! I am glad my perseverance to get it to look natural worked.

Posted by Paul Harman on Wed 04 Oct 01:43:14

Hang on Studio Wall

26/09/2017

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This lovely rocky beach is at Bodega Bay headlands and the wind is always blowing briskly. The pastel is 19X26" on Uart 600 paper.

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Paul Harman

I was born in Bournemouth, Dorset in a large home that once sat on the cliff next to the chime, and Shelly's cottage was next door. The old house is gone, but the memories linger. We immigrated to Canada by ship, when I was seven and lived in Ontario and Alberta and back to Ontario over a period of…

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