Impression, Warkworth by Roger Gadd

Moving islands around. Still it looks good to me and only you and Marjorie know about the land grabbing.

It’s a good one, Roger. Full of energy. And yes, the island has floated a bit to the north. Unusually I didn’t go to the beach today, sorry I missed you!

Originally, my plan was to leave out the island. I've admired a lot of work recently with minimal content. But Coquet Island is vital to the sense of place. A small shift northwards placed it where the eye could travel, given the wind-swept trees I'd chosen.

Artist’s licence worked well😁

I'm about to look at my photos. After all these years, I've made a new discovery: the bit between the dunes and the Coquet.

Very nice indeed

You excel in pastels Roger, a fresh and lively drawing!

Thank you all. Thank you, Alan. I'll stick to pastels while the weather's suitable to work outdoors. Good job because the first shop I tried only had tubes of ready-mixed filler which wouldn't work in gesso, ha ha.

No! You’re right… it must be the powdered form. I’ve not tried Pollyfiller but as I said, Brian Ryder and also Peter Wileman both use it with household emulsion… and their work is sensational!

A fine pastel Roger and good for you getting out to paint! Love those random marks in the foreground.