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That's beautiful Pete, I love painting Kingfishers and you have got this spot on.😉

Posted by Linda Drury on Fri 10 Nov 15:17:51

Beautifully painted Pete. lovely action

Posted by David Johns on Fri 10 Nov 15:32:45

Lovely Pete, the backdrop gives a nice modern feel to painting & the kingfisher stands out beautifully 👍🏻

Posted by Rachel Mansell on Fri 10 Nov 15:52:31

A very lovely piece Pete.

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Fri 10 Nov 16:13:04

Such a beautiful bird in action!

Posted by Debbie Cullis on Fri 10 Nov 16:41:06

Excellent work Peter.

Posted by Alan Bickley on Fri 10 Nov 16:42:14

This is a beautiful painting Pete, your Kingfisher is a jewel.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Fri 10 Nov 17:10:29

Really like the water splash, lovely painting Pete.

Posted by Jennifer Brown on Fri 10 Nov 17:33:45

Thanks to everybody for your kind comments. Very much appreciated.

Posted by Pete Batho on Fri 10 Nov 17:41:32

Wonderful bit of painting here Pete

Posted by Annie Davenport on Fri 10 Nov 17:46:12

Really like this.

Posted by Sandra Kennedy on Fri 10 Nov 18:46:16

OWZAT caught beautiful and brilliant painting Peter

Posted by Dennis Rounding on Fri 10 Nov 19:13:53

Works well in so many ways.

Posted by andre mulard on Fri 10 Nov 20:03:17

You can almost hear that water splashing Pete. Wonderful painting

Posted by Diana Boanas SWA on Sat 11 Nov 07:12:08

Hang on Studio Wall

10/11/2017

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Watercolour on Arches NOT paper. 140lb. 1/4 imperial. Started this at art group yesterday and finished it off today. I masked out the Kingfisher before applying the backwash. A fairly limited palette of Pthalo, Ultramarine, and Cerulean Blues, Cad Red and Yellow, Aureolin, Raw Sienna, Burnt Umber, and some white gouache. Photo from Paint My Photo.

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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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