Derwent XL coloured graphite and a little water.

Louise Balaam - Monthly Landscape Painting

Derwent XL coloured graphite and a little water.

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May 12, 2024

← Joan Eardley inspired again – using water soluble oil pastels – they don’t make a horrible sound like normal pastels! Garden pond on a bright blue day! An almost rainy morning with bright clouds…a sparkly mist in the far distance obscuring the mountains. This is one that I actually like..the sky has lots of interest with colour & bolder marks & I like the balance of the blue & green & grey in the sky. The middle ground had pools of bright light beyond the growth (weeds) in kitchen garden which I’ve tried to capture. It doesn’t have a clear focal point, but is that necessary/possible in all paintings? I think it has enough interest to hold the viewer.. As you can see I’m not very good at critiquing my work…one thing I have noticed with nearly all the paintings `I’ve done so far is that the skies have a strong diagonal element to them – from top right to bottom left ( right handed problem?) →

1 Comment

Louise Balaam on May 12, 2024 at 5:54 pm

I really like this Richard, it’s a simple composition but the density of the marks makes it a very successful image I think
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