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Botanic Gardens_2013

Watercolour 31 x 21 cm. Painted on the first outing of 2013 with PE Dublin in the Botanical Gardens, Glasnevin. A lovely mild watercolour-friendly day without rain!

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Comment by John McManus on January 9, 2013 at 22:23: Yes Rosa, the grass was perfectly manicured on the lawns and when it caught the light it had a nice lemon yellow hue to it. So even as the light dropped in the afternoon, I kept it in mind to finish with a brush of the light yellow. Hope you enjoyed your visit for the new year and have settled back in at the school. I really enjoyed our trip to the Sidney Nolan exhibition.

Comment by John McManus on January 9, 2013 at 22:17: Many thanks Barry, Pat, Caroline and Rita. Hope we meet again on another fair-day outing soon. Glad your exhibition went well for you Pat and the additional requests you got from it.

Comment by Rosa Olivero on January 9, 2013 at 19:53: Great John! A lightly grass in contradt with the sky

Comment by Barry Lynch on January 9, 2013 at 19:01: Brilliant handling of the Glasshouse. A Masterpiece.

Comment by Pat Holton on January 9, 2013 at 18:46: Happy New Year John

Fantastic Painting John .......my exhhibition went well 50% Sales Plus many commissions

Pat See you soon when the weather get a little warmer

Comment by Caroline Carroll on January 9, 2013 at 16:49: Always love looking at your work! Love the way you got the curve on the glass roof.

Comment by rita buggy on January 9, 2013 at 1:08: beauiteful john a great start to the new year

Comment by John McManus on January 8, 2013 at 12:05: Thanks Nora. Yes, I do love the dynamic of watercolour - despite the torment from time-to-time!!

Comment by Norah Blount on January 8, 2013 at 10:34: I think it is more than a few dabs John - a love of watercolour and the skill that it takes ? Love the composition and the use of watercolour seems perfect for the location

Comment by John McManus on January 7, 2013 at 16:25: Thank you all for the words of encouragement. I enjoyed this challenge and it never ceases to surprise me at the end how some dabs of pigment on paper can create the illusion of a complex structure standing on front of me!