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This time I've chosen a not-so-famous scene from Pride and Prejudice 2005, more rural and summery. Nevertheless, my personal party celebrating Jane Austen's 250th birthday continues.
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The iconic cliffs featured in the 2005 film Pride & Prejudice are located at Stanage Edge in the Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, England. This impressive gritstone edge is where Keira Knightley’s Elizabeth Bennet stands, gazing out at the landscape and reflecting on her feelings for Mr. Darcy in one of the film’s most memorable scenes.
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if longing overcomes
I wasn't satisfied with the original painting on the encaustic board, so I tried washing off the pigment. Unfortunately, that only worked very poorly. I then primed the board again with Qor Aquarelle Ground. That worked even worse, and it resulted in a lot of vertical lines. However, as I thought about this motif, I realized the lines would fit the subject well.
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It was a short Iceland trip years ago, but it was during wintertime and full of life-long memories. I was so lucky that our golden-circle bus tour stopped near a small church so that I could take some photos of the iconic Icelandic horses grazing in the distance.
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I'm starting a small series with impressions of my Iceland travel years ago.
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Winter in the mountains
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November 2024 Challenge at the Facebook Watercolour Group The Watercolour Challenge
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While painting African animals during the last weeks, I've had the feeling that the time is come for an African landscape painting too and here it is. It's my first work on Baohong watercolor paper and I like it a lot.
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French Rivera, Ile de Porquerolles The picturesque island is one of the four islands of Iles d'Hyeres and most likely, France’s best-kept secret - ok maybe it’s not so secret. But Porquerolles has remained throughout this time, unspoiled. I've visited this heaven on earth several times and can't wait to see it again. This painted view shows the gorgeous look on the coastline you have from many spots on it.
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Several times we've visited this gorgeous place. An unearthly beautiful valley with a wild and emerald green river and this gorgeous old double bridge built in the 17th century. Of course, I took an infinite number of photographs and that is very helpful now to get a feel for the right atmosphere. I'm planning a full imperial piece with a bathing scene from it and to get into the mood again I've done some washes to find the right colors.
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We've spent some absolutely wonderful days at Tegernsee, Bavaria. Full of wandering, gorgeous nature all around, lovely food, impressive locations, history, and time to paint Plein air.
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We no longer build fireplaces for physical warmth.
we build them for the warmth of the soul;
we build them to dream by, to hope by,
to home by.
_ Edna Ferber
This one is my submission for #25 TEMPERATURE CHANGE Challenge at @aligator_watercolor_community.
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I really miss painting and so I have done this quick seascape with a lot of longing for vacation in my heart.
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One more miniature beach painting against wanderlust.
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