Boats At Penberth Cove

Boats At Penberth Cove
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Lovely scene, super sky.

That's a fabulous painting, Pete. Love everything about it. Inspirational.

My thanks to Stephen, Dennis and Lewis for your comments. Much appreciated.

Really beautiful scene Pete.

It looks beautiful Pete!

Thank you very much Carole and Margaret

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10/02/2018
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Watercolour on Arches NOT paper. 140lb. 1/2 Imperial. I am indebted to John Warren for the photo taken from PaintMyPhoto. I've tried to make it slightly Contre-Jour (against the light) as the original light source was from the right, mainly because the sky was a bit bland in the photo. Not quite sure if I've pulled it off though. I used a fairly limited palette of Burnt and Raw Siennas, Cobalt Cerulean and Ultramarine Blues, Aureolin, Rose Madder, Cad red and yellow and a bit of white gouache.

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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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