Misty Wistman’s Wood

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On a purely technical note, if you squeeze as much paint out of your brushes, with a thick kitchen towel, before taking to water AND SOAP, you should end up with clean brushes and avoid solvents as well. On the rest - a) great atmospheric painting, a touch redolent of the Hound of the Baskervilles, and b) the colour range, depth and subtlety of 'regular' oils are altogether more extensive that the water miscibles, in my opinion.

Posted by Robert Jones, NAPA on Mon 27 Apr 16:30:56

Thanks for your tips and kind comments Robert. I’ve already submitted an order to Jacksons for oil based replacements!

Posted by Pete Batho on Mon 27 Apr 16:44:49

Like it, Pete

Posted by Maureen Sherman on Tue 28 Apr 22:00:09

Hang on Studio Wall

27/04/2020

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Oil on canvas. 50cm x 40cm. Another fab session with Colin Pethick online recently. Wistman's Wood is an ancient Oak woodland in the middle of Dartmoor. I used Cobra water based oils which I found to be better than the Artisan range, but I may well switch to oil based oils though, as I'm still using solvents to get my brushes clean. Water just doesn't get the oil out thoroughly.

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Pete Batho

Hi. My name's Pete. I'm a self-taught artist living and working in Cornwall UK. Originally from Staffordshire, I moved to Cornwall in 1997 with my job as a Telecoms Engineer. Now retired, I took up painting again after a long period of inactivity. I first laid brush to paper in the 70’s when I…

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