Kennetpans (on the River Forth)

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Hi Val, you have done a lovely job of creating distance with the reeds in the foreground, very well executed.

Posted by Paul Hopkinson on Thu 28 Mar 17:24:42

Agreed, the water in the foreground is so realistic Val and great effect with all those reeds leading us on to the ruined building in ther background

Posted by Ros Patterson on Thu 28 Mar 17:42:24

Thank you Paul and Ros, I really appreciate you taking the time to leave such lovely comments.

Posted by Val Kenyon on Fri 29 Mar 15:25:19

Love the foreground in this Val - even if I did the name wrong[ on A/F I guessed wheat/barley??? - no. - REEDS - yes!] doh! Still has the same wonderful tactile quality to it, no matter what I called it.

Posted by Debs Jones on Tue 02 Apr 21:58:05

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31/03/2015

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Soft pastel on colourfix. These are the remains of a distillery of the banks of the Firth of Forth in Central Scotland. Established in the 1700's it eventually closed in 1825, a victim of the cheap gin trade in London, but was a forerunner of the whisky trade as we know it today. From a photo taken by my husband on a lovely sunny day just before winter set in again! Thanks for looking C&C welcome.

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Val Kenyon

I am a self taught artist or, as I like to say, I'm "unrestricted by formal teaching" which probably explains my mish mash of styles. I paint in most media, watercolour, gouache, oil, coloured pencil and my favourite, soft pastels. I'm inspired by the Scottish landscape, nature and animals and…

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