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This is ‘ A Charm Of … Goldfinch’. A watercolour on Arches NOT paper. 140lb. 1/4 imperial. I certainly have a charm of Goldfinches currently gracing my garden. Highest headcount so far is 18. This specimen is from the internet and was painted this afternoon at art club.
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Pete
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I’ve not been updating my current work for the last week or so. Here’s three of my latest paintings. All watercolours on Bockingford paper.
The first on is ‘At The Edge Of Light’
The next one is ‘Winter In The Wylye Valley’ – After Wesson
And finally todays effort which is “Peaceful Lakeside – Cumbria’
Apologies for posting three together, but I thought it was the easiest way to play catch-up. Hope you like them.
Happy painting
Pete
Night Time in St. Ives
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Watercolour on Arches NOT paper. 140lb. 1/4 imperial. Steven Cronin set a challenge on his Patreon site with this photo. Taken by Steven, it’s a night time scene at St Ives Cornwall. I used a very limited palette of neutral tint, light red and rose madder, with white gouache to bring out the highlights. I’ve videoed this and it is now available to watch on my YouTube channel.
Good morning everyone.
I forgot to add this painting I did recently for a video. This is ‘Winter Trees’ a watercolour on Bockingford NOT paper. 200lb. 1/2 imperial. Ted Wesson is one of my favourite artists. I love his loose style and limited palette. It was a joy to paint and the video is available on my YouTube channel Just click here if you’re interested. It lasts about an hour, but you can skip through it if you wish.
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Pete
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Well, it’s getting towards that time of year.The sun has been blazing today so I thought I’d paint this years Christmas card! I need a bit of lead time to get the cards printed. So here it is. ‘Golitha Falls in Winter’ a watercolour on Arches rough paper. 140lb. 1/2 imperial. I thought I’d use a rough paper for the texture you can achieve with dry brush work. I also changed the season from the reference photo. The photo was an Autumn scene, but obviously, snow fits better with Christmas (at least in England), but saying that I can’t remember the last white Christmas (discounting Bing and Danny Kaye of course). I wanted the strong light source to silhouette the central trees. As I said, the reference source came from the internet as an autumn scene, but I changed the season to match a winter scene. I’ve tried to make the centre trees contre-jour (against the light) with a strong sunrise. I have made a video of the painting process for this and I’ve posted it on my YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiXIpSf8Fuo
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Pete
Hi everybody. This is ‘Peek-a-boo!’ a watercolour on Arches CP (NOT). 140lb. 1/4 imperial. I found this charming picture on PMP the royalty free site. Such a cutie. Painted this afternoon at Art Club. See my ‘Paintings For Sale’ page for purchase.
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Pete
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I’ve now added a Paypal functionality to my website and reinstated my ‘paintings for sale’ pages. I’ve also introduced international sales. I will be adding more paintings for sale now that I’ve got it up and running so please re-visit my website if you are at all interested in purchasing anything. I can answer any queries via the contact button, or you can click here.
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Pete
