Shoreham New Footbridge by Shirley May

great immediacy - reminds me a bit of Dufy - look forward to more.

great immediacy - reminds me a bit of Dufy - look forward to more.

Wonderful sketch Shirley, even without your description it tells the story. Well captured.

Thank you very much, Michael and Fiona. Much appreciate your very kind comments. Hoping to go again on a sunnier day.

Lovely. It looks spontaneous.

This is fantastic - just love it. It has such freedom and light. A super work.

Yes, free, full of movement and light and yes, like Michael thought, I thought echoes of Dufy, though softer.

Very kind comments, thank you. I love getting out with the board and the paper and my watercolours. I keep it to three primary colours, and that simplifies it a bit. In fact a little course I did in Teddington on Turner's methods was such a help to me in feeling more confident about colour. I wasn't sure about this picture, but am very grateful for all your comments, thank you.

Your colors are very nice ! Good job !

Hi Shirley. Thank you for your comments on my work. I really like this. A great light effect, owing to a full range of tone and unfussed approach - I wouldn't have known it was a dull light actually (I've only just read this). It is well simplified, keeping important factors in mind - such as the cool buildings creating distance and warm colours in the foreground. The composition also has dynamism. A good variety of shapes and sizes.

Love it!