Previous painting revisited. Hopefully an improvement

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Previous painting revisited. Hopefully an improvement

Skills

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July 30, 2024

← Early mornings are the only time to be able to get out & sketch, it’s a very stinky 38 degrees this afternoon, 44 degrees promised for next week.. Anyway, another rapid one in gouache without the added assistance of small boy! Trying to capture the coolness of the morning and the busy clouds & sunflower field all before the heat grows. It’s on OK sketch but I think there’s a something not quite there…maybe it’s the lemony yellow of the skyline that’s the problem Taking a break from ‘painting’ is being good…I’m enjoying the daily quick sketching of life around my patch of France. Early morning wander with dogs rootling in the harvested fields, red legged partridge, startled blackbird, liquid song of the oriole, cooler breeze shifting clouds making way for searing heat.. gouache is easy to transport on morning walks →

3 Comments

Philip Forsyth on December 18, 2024 at 6:29 am

The composition leads my eye around the surface and I like the different colours you’ve used. I really like it.
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Louise Balaam on August 4, 2024 at 6:45 pm

I agree, much better Elizabeth! You’re really done a good job on it – the deeper tone in the foreground works very well & I really like the creamy colours too,. Well done!
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Karen Gunn on July 31, 2024 at 5:28 am

I think this is lovely – I like the addition of the yellowygreen., the colours & the contrast of light & dark. I’d happily have this hanging on my wall!
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