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I decided to have a go at a Jubilee painting.  I did most of it over the weekend, but I've been filling in detail off and on since. It does look better in real life (it's 2ft square so you can't really see the detail in this photo) but here it is anyway. 


Jubilee flotilla painting

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Date: 2012-06-12 07:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] parrot-knight.livejournal.com
That's beautiful, and catches the contrast of the day very well.

Date: 2012-06-14 09:25 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] bunn.livejournal.com
Thanks! I think it was actually more striking, with the grey skies and the brightly coloured boats, than if everything had been sunny and sparkling.

Date: 2012-06-12 08:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] seascribe.livejournal.com
Oh, that's lovely! I would put that on my wall in a heartbeat.

Date: 2012-06-13 05:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kargicq.livejournal.com
Yes, lovely. -N

Date: 2012-06-13 07:30 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ladyofastolat.livejournal.com
That really is very lovely!

Though I think you've failed to capture the spirit of the day as the BBC saw it, since you've concentrated on the atmosphere and the spectable and the actual boats, rather than obscuring the entire picture with the grinning face of some minor celebrity busy spouting inanities. ;-)

Date: 2012-06-14 09:26 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] bunn.livejournal.com
Oh, the temptation to superimpose a huge grinning face over the Gloriana...

Actually that was one reason I felt the urge to paint it : when they showed us the pageant it was such a spectacle, but they kept cutting away to pointlessness.

Date: 2012-06-13 10:28 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] puddleshark.livejournal.com
That's splendid! Tradition and history under slate grey British skies.

Date: 2012-06-14 09:33 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] bunn.livejournal.com
Very British. I liked the contrast between the practical and cheerful little RNLI inshore lifeboat shepherding along the magnificently impractical and pointless yet superb Gloriana. :-D

Date: 2012-06-13 08:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] inzilbeth-liz.livejournal.com
Oh that's lovely. Well done!

Date: 2012-06-13 09:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tovaglia.livejournal.com
Ooh, really nice. So much detail - it must have taken you ages!

Date: 2012-06-14 09:34 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] bunn.livejournal.com
I did spend much of my spare bank holiday on it, but I think it was worth it!

Date: 2012-06-26 05:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jane-somebody.livejournal.com
That's splendid! I love the sky, and the water - and the buildings and the colourful details of the boats, so all of it I suppose!

Date: 2012-06-29 04:02 pm (UTC)

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