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Eric's Paintng

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A fairly recent watercolour of Worcester Cathedral
 
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Eric,
I've run out of surperlatives for your work. But my husband just looked over my shoulder and said 'brilliant'.
Ann
 
cookie273uk said:
A fairly recent watercolour of Worcester Cathedral
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Very nice.
Do you use white gouache, or let the paper become the white?
I love this Cathedral, Elgar was an organist there.
I love his music, especially the violin concerto.
Have you ever been to his cottage at Broadheath?
Wonderfully ordinary.
I used to spend summers on the Malvern Hills visiting our relatives.
Top of the world.
I think Cathedrals are particularly difficult to justice too
I remember seeing 6 paintings in a line, of of the front of Rheims Cathedral[?] painted at different times of the day, by Claude Monet.
At the Orangerie in Paris. Wonderful.
Wouldn't it be great to do a series, Salisbury, York, Exeter, Ely?
I've only managed one so far.

ladywood
 
Absolutely beautiful Eric as always. We had our leaving school service in this Cathedral.

Maggs
 
Ladywood, normally I don't use white, I leave the paper unpainted, for fine white lines I scratch them in with a craft knife, unfortunately I forgot about the 3 white bulbs on the lampost so had to use acrylic titanium white but its never as good as the white of the paper. Eric
PS for small white shapes against a dark background you can use masking fluid, rubbing it off when the paint is dry bringing back the white of the paper
 
Ladywood just realised you were referring to Worcester Cathedral and not St Phillips - no, theres no white used in this painting, its the white of the paper Eric
 
Eric, Lovely paintings. I especially like the St Philips painting because I used to walk past the Cathedral on my way to the Art Gallery during my lunch hour. I expect you already know about the stained glass windows in the Cathedral being designed by Burne-Jones (a Brummie) and manufactured by William Morris. A sight worth seeing - especially after my visit to the Eye Hospital for successful lazer treatment!!
Anthea:)
 
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