Canoeing on The Thames

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Love this Tessa, full of movement. Can’t wait to see the painting!

Posted by Hilary Pearce on Tue 29 Sep 07:43:14

Really good movement Tessa. Definitely a subject for a full painting!

Posted by Katy Dean on Tue 29 Sep 07:47:19

Great sketch, Tessa. All the right moves. Would make a good painting.

Posted by Lewis Cooper on Tue 29 Sep 08:02:46

Love this.

Posted by Denise Cat on Tue 29 Sep 08:35:57

This is so good - I love the simple brushstrokes, the colours and sense of movement

Posted by Heather Love on Tue 29 Sep 09:09:56

Looks very promising for a larger painting Tessa. Lovely, lively cameo of busy life on the river. I also like the yellows and oranges here.

Posted by Carole Kelly on Tue 29 Sep 09:42:52

Its certainly got plenty of movement and flow Tessa, nice one

Posted by Linda Drury on Tue 29 Sep 10:29:46

Super sketch Tessa, you’ve captured lovely movement in the canoes and the water, it all gels very well.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Tue 29 Sep 16:56:45

Full of lovely movement and colours.

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Tue 29 Sep 18:41:04

Many thanks all for your encouraging comments. No pressure then, a painting is required! Wish I’d taken some more photos, might need another trip to the pub?

Posted by Tessa Gwynne on Tue 29 Sep 21:13:19

Nice lively sketch Tessa.

Posted by Margaret Nisbet on Wed 30 Sep 14:05:15

Hang on Studio Wall

29/09/2020

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On Sunday we went for a drive and found a lovely pub with garden alongside the Thames on Oxfordshire, such a picturesque spot with an old bridge, and quite busy with houseboats, canoeists coming and going on the river. This is A4 pen and brush pens and may be a possibility for a painting when locked away in the winter!

About the Artist

Tessa Gwynne

I have returned to painting over the last few years having relocated from Cardiff to the Cotswolds in 2009 and joined the Guiting Power Art Group. Although I did a year's Foundation Course at art college after leaving school, I hadn’t painted much in the interim, except for a few attempts here and…

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