River Avon near Sopley (Watercolour 13" x 7" on Arches 140lb Not)

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I think this is just beautiful and it looks just as I know it. I would love to paint the Avon Causeway one day as I also think the cows look great in this location.

Posted by Lyn Thacker on Wed 29 Nov 23:08:58

Very nice Bob, super trees.

Posted by Stephen Slater on Wed 29 Nov 23:39:31

I agree with Lyn and Stephen: this is beautiful. Lovely scenery and great colour palette.

Posted by Mia Ketels on Thu 30 Nov 08:46:26

Such a beautiful composition Bob, your greens are great, a really lovely painting.

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Thu 30 Nov 15:58:14

Beautifully painted

Posted by Maureen Sherman on Thu 30 Nov 17:09:56

Thank you so much for your kind comments, it's a beautiful part of the South of England, and it's a privilege to live here.

Posted by Bob Biggart on Thu 30 Nov 20:16:00

A lovely sensitive watercolour with lots of interesting details like the herd of cows filing down to drink from the river and the depth marker in the foreground linking it to the middle distance and the distant trees. A fresh, unfussy use of watercolour.

Posted by Colin Cripps on Fri 01 Dec 18:55:33

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29/11/2017

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I find that I'm drawn again and again to this part of the landscape, as there is such a lot going on over the seasons. I pass this river usually once a week on my way to visit family. What I really want to be able to do is paint the cows in the watermeadows up to their chests in vegetation having their last browse, lit by the end of day sunshine. However, I haven't been able to stop when I've seen them like that, so I decided to paint this Summery scene, with the river making its way towards Christchurch and the sea. For a change, Most of the greens were mixed from blues and yellows, plus W&N Terre Verte and the yellow shade of the same. Still managed to slip the cows into the scene in the distance!

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Bob Biggart

I'm an amateur artist who started to paint in watercolours about 1990, when I found that the watercolours I admired in galleries were way beyond my price range. My thinking was that in time I might be able to produce paintings that I could hang on my wall at home, and be happy with. At the…

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