{"id":967,"date":"2019-04-18T10:00:06","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T09:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/?p=967"},"modified":"2019-04-16T12:05:02","modified_gmt":"2019-04-16T11:05:02","slug":"the-old-gate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/?p=967","title":{"rendered":"The old gate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My classes will not be opening till next September, though we are having three full day outdoor painting and sketching meetings in May and June.\u00a0 At the same time, two other pieces of work unrelated to painting are at an end and &#8230;&#8230;.. Hazel Soan has a new DVD and book on Watercolour which will need careful study.\u00a0 She is so inspiring, and I have just introduced her to a new painter friend.\u00a0 All these circumstances have arrived together just as I am beginning to see things I want to paint.\u00a0 I hope and trust the block is lifting.<\/p>\n<p>Here are two efforts which are the first results of the above, both overworked, and therefore under-thought, but I can see my painting brain awakening as I progressed from\u00a0 one to two.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The most that can be said for the first one is that I had a go and enjoyed it.\u00a0 The drawing of the gate is Wrong, no perspective and the flaming bush has grown in size and dominance.\u00a0 I like the high light on the slender tree.\u00a0 The drawing in Two is better, so there is a progression into the painting, the bush is bright, smaller and less shouty.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 There is more interest in the tree trunk is the foreground, but I think\u00a0 gate one is better than gate two.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Old-Gate.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-971\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Old-Gate-242x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Old-Gate-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Old-Gate-121x150.jpg 121w, https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Old-Gate.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 242px) 85vw, 242px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/The-old-gate2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-972\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/The-old-gate2-234x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/The-old-gate2-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/The-old-gate2-117x150.jpg 117w, https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/The-old-gate2-798x1024.jpg 798w, https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/The-old-gate2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 234px) 85vw, 234px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My classes will not be opening till next September, though we are having three full day outdoor painting and sketching meetings in May and June.\u00a0 At the same time, two other pieces of work unrelated to painting are at an end and &#8230;&#8230;.. 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