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Five of the six paintings for the Easter Weekend Exhibition and Sale at St Andrew Blackadder church at North Berwick. Bring your 'plastic'. Jim
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CL415 'superscooper' water bomber fire fighting aircraft. Designed specifically for Fire Fighting, built originally by Canadair, later by Bombardier. Seen here scooping up water to drop on to a Forrest fire. 15" X 11" Jim
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Thank you all. Here's another. Sailing Fishing craft at the turn of the 19/20 centuries. The Bass Rock and East Lothian in the distance. 15" X 11" Jim
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A very clever use of words. Remember Compass Rose was a 'Flower' Class Corvette. Jim
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Did this today Swordfish about to land on Merchant Aircraft Carrier. Rapana, which has pulled out of the convoy with a Corvette escort to recover her. Rapana was an oil tanker fitted with a flight deck. She carried her normal cargo, but had four anti submarine Swordfish to help protect the convoy. Although no a/c fron a MAC ever sank a submarine, no ship was ever sunk from a convoy that had a Mac Ship in it 16" X 11"
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Most are W/C some are Acrylic jim latest Buttermere painting finished not any particular Tanker just representative of the many in use at the time. Jim
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Anstruther harbour late 19th/early 20th century. Fifie and Zulu sailing Luggers awaiting the tide. About 15" X 9"
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Hi Rob, I'm afraid I can't really help you with my painting techniques. I haven't studied, nor been trained in watercolour painting. Infact I use the same technique doing the actual painting whether it is watercolours, Acrylic or even Oils. ( although it's been several years since I used oils.). Basically, I draw the ships, then colour them in. Unless it is an actual location or event, I paint the sea as I go. No tonal studdies. No thumbnail sketches of composition. No use of warm/cool colours (not intentionally anyway) I see what I want in my minds eye and go for it. I something start of with the idea of a painting, and by the time I'm finished it has completely changed. Hope this helps jim
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Thank you to everyone who have commenting. Here is an other, hot off the pad. The Sloop HMS Amethyst passing HMS Belfast the Flagship of the Far East Fleet as she enters Hong Kong. Amethyst had just escaped after being held by the Chinese in the Yangtze River. Google 'Yangtze Incident' for more information.
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Lamport & Holt's Liner VASARI. In WW1 from a black and white photo so the colours are based on a scheme typical of the time. Built 1909 later became a Fish Factory ship in the USSR Watercolour 11" X 9" Jim
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Corvette HMS STARWORT and Trawler HMS POLLOCK probably on the Mersey again. Watercolour 14" X 10" Jim
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2nd Escort group Liverpool, HMS Starling leads the way with HMS Wild Goose following with a Seaward Defence Launch in attendance. Watercolour 15" X 11" Jim
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