Thirlmere, Looking North - Original Painting by Alfred Heaton Cooper (1863-1929)

Thirlmere, Looking North - Original Painting by Alfred Heaton Cooper (1863-1929)One can practically hear the gentle breeze and trickling beck in the foreground of this painting; a viewpoint nestled within the South Western flanks of Thirlmere. This woodland is curious, as vast swathes of the area are the result of plantations of non native firs by the Manchester Corporation, presenting columns of vertical trunks throughout, resulting in patches of forest unlike any others in the District, where nearby Borrowdale forests are

This useful tin offers space for full or half pans of watercolour paint and opens out to provide space for mixing too

Designed for those who have not picked up a paintbrush since high-school art class as well as more seasoned practitioners

softened by a summer haze

whereby a colour study was produced whilst there was still enough light in the sky to work and see by

like chess

acted as the helmsman of a schooner and did a stint as an artist's model

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Appreciated for its excellent colour lifting abilities

The Swordliner series uses a soft and specially shaped hair that can be used gently to create fine lines

Distinguished by its navy blue

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Place it alongside an outdoor sofa