"On our table" Watercolour on Arches 140lb Not ....approx 8" x 5"

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This is lovely Bob and an added bonus from your posh tea. I really like how it's 'framed' by the window on the lhs too.

Posted by Heather Love on Wed 02 Feb 13:26:58

A charming painting, Bob - very visually pleasing... I really like it.

Posted by Jan Rossington on Wed 02 Feb 14:38:03

So much to like about it Bob, and you have done such a good job of painting it.

Posted by Paul (Dixie) Dean on Wed 02 Feb 16:03:04

A lovely composition you have captured with your moment of opportunity.

Posted by Chris Scott on Wed 02 Feb 16:07:38

Love how you have painted the bottle Bob….the hints of light and dark in the glass is smashing. I agree with Heather about it being framed by the window, nice touch.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Wed 02 Feb 17:28:28

Really lovely, very well done Bob.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Wed 02 Feb 19:31:04

Beautiful and the jar is superb

Posted by anne cooper on Wed 02 Feb 22:15:49

A very nice still life.

Posted by David Williams on Thu 03 Feb 16:45:17

Beautifully painted, Bob!

Posted by Anne Fletcher on Thu 03 Feb 17:41:11

Lovely study of the flowers, and a great souvenir of the day

Posted by Colin Cripps on Thu 03 Feb 19:33:11

Thank you for leaving comments folks..very kind.

Posted by Bob Biggart on Thu 03 Feb 21:52:23

Hang on Studio Wall

02/02/2022

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My wife had a birthday recently, and we went for an afternoon tea at a "Posh" hotel near us with a friend. This spray of flowers was on our table. Always on the lookout for a good painting opportunity, I took a photo of them to paint later. Very limited palette of Permanent Rose, Cerulean blue, Cadmium yellow, Ultramarine, Cobalt blue Raw sienna, Burnt Umber, and Hookers green was used. I've been looking at youtube tutorials by Chris Petri, who was a pupil of the late Charles Reid. Very helpful.

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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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