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David A Parfitt RI
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Artist. Elected member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours
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If I don’t force myself into making paintings then…… in the studio today ‘Early Morning Woodland’, watercolour, 38x42cms
Watercolour painting of a woodland path in dappled spring sunlight, with dark greens either side. The path looks towards the early morning sun and leads to a lighter distance.
May 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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I really don’t know what’s happening, but another day in the studio and another painting this morning. This is ‘Not snow II’, watercolour, 38x42cms
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Watercolour painting looking through a woodland to a green distance in spring light. Blue shadows dance diagonally across the woodland floor which I’ve left as white paper to represent the sunlight.
April 16, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Reasonably warm in the studio this morning and my first painting in what seems like absolutely months. I don’t know what’s happened, but I actually felt like putting brush to paper today. Anyway, this is… ‘No, it’s not snow’, watercolour, 38x42cms
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Watercolour painting looking through a woodland to a green distance in spring light. Blue shadows dance diagonally across the woodland floor which I’ve left as white paper to represent the sunlight.
April 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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My first painting in quite sometime. Not my best but I’ve put paint on paper. Watercolour 39x42cms
Watercolour painting of the view over my mother’s garden hedge. There are fields, white houses in the middle distance, a disused coal mine now overgrown with winter trees, all disappearing into a blue distance.
February 13, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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It’s not been a great week thus far to say the least. Took this photo walking back home.
Photo of the street in my village at night. The camera’s daylight white balance has given the photo a reddish cast.
February 5, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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There isn’t long left to enter work into the 2025 RI exhibition. Submissions close on the 28th January at 12noon.
January 16, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Bought a ‘new’ camera so I could go out in the rain, but it was sunny this morning, so went out anyway.
Winter, blue sky with long tree shadows across a field, leading to a line of trees. Sunlit woodland path leading to a White House over a stile.
January 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Happy Christmas everyone.
Illuminated Christmas tree at night.
December 24, 2024 at 9:38 AM
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Well, this morning I meddled with yesterday’s repainted effort... ‘Tangled Sun’, watercolour, 38x42cms
Watercolour painting of a tangled autumn woodland looking into the sun.
December 10, 2024 at 5:39 PM
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It’s not often that I repaint something but I’ve had another go at this one... ‘Tangled Sun’, watercolour, 38x42cms.
Watercolour painting of a tangled autumn woodland looking into the sun.
December 9, 2024 at 1:55 PM
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Another outing with these beautiful things last night. I don’t know if it’s possible to be in love with a drum kit but….
3 piece Pearl Masters Maple Gum, Silver White Swirl. Ian Paice signature Snare, K Zildjian Cymbals.
December 7, 2024 at 8:26 PM
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Quite a bit of fiddling to this painting this morning… I’ve put it away now. ‘Oranges, yellows, greens and blues’, watercolour, 38x42cms.
Watercolour painting of an autumn woodland looking into the sun. Sunlight highlights the last of the leaves.
December 5, 2024 at 12:10 PM
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2 hours in the studio this morning. Decided to stop and go home for lunch before the inevitable fiddling started. Watercolour, 38x42cms. Currently untitled.
Watercolour painting of wetland trees, autumn foliage and very bright water in the late afternoon autumn sun.
December 3, 2024 at 2:11 PM
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Early morning iPhone photo on my way to the train station this morning.
A line of frosted trees mirrored in a misty lake
November 28, 2024 at 6:11 PM
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I’ve done absolutely nothing today, so here, for what it’s worth, are 4 instax photos taken yesterday on my walk to the studio.
4 colour instax wide photographs taken on the walk to my studio looking almost directly into the bright sun with silhouetted buildings and trees, light on the wet road.
November 27, 2024 at 7:34 PM
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Today’s effort. Based on a photo and my drawing last week. ‘Tangled Sun’, watercolour, 38x42cms
Loose watercolour painting of a tangled autumn woodland looking into the sun.
November 25, 2024 at 5:56 PM
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Something from a couple of weeks ago: ‘Dreamy Sun’, watercolour, 38x42cms
Watercolour painting of a winter woodland and late afternoon golden sun, with reflections in a still woodland pool.
November 23, 2024 at 12:48 PM
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Fuji instax photographs taken on my walk around RSPB Ham Wall. I like the random outcome of these types of photos, taken on expired film.
9 colour, but although almost monochrome images of the Somerset wetland landscape, including trees, reeds and water, while looking towards the sun.
November 22, 2024 at 12:01 PM
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My studio was so cold this morning so went to the cafe next door for cups of tea and a bit of drawing.
Scribbled pencil drawing of a tangled woodland looking into the sun.
November 21, 2024 at 12:41 PM
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One of the few photos I didn’t accidentally delete from my visit to RSPB Ham Wall today.
Mute swan on a wetland pool, surrounded by wet woodland trees and reeds, with tiny leaves glistening in the autumn sun
November 20, 2024 at 8:05 PM
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Definitely got too involved with the detail on this but still quite an enjoyable afternoon.
‘Oranges, yellows, greens and blues’, watercolour, 38x42cms
Watercolour painting of an autumn woodland looking into the sun. Sunlight highlights the last of the leaves.
November 19, 2024 at 4:09 PM
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In the studio this morning, tried to make this painting more about the marks but got involved with detail. ‘Enjoying the sun’, watercolour, 38x42cms
A loose watercolour painting of a sunlit path through Autumn woodland
November 18, 2024 at 1:50 PM
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This painting seems to have survived some major changes in the past weeks. ‘Path’, watercolour, 38x42cms
November 16, 2024 at 11:51 AM
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Went for a walk around Shapwick NNR to look for some woodland/wetland colour in the autumn sun before everything turns grey. It was such a delight to listen to the reeds and birds and smell the damp peatland. There are some paintings in these somewhere.
November 15, 2024 at 6:13 PM
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I refuse to be ‘chased’ off of Twitter but may well gradually migrate… hence this is my first post back on here in quite sometime.
‘Birch and Moss’, watercolour, 38x42cms.
November 14, 2024 at 7:21 PM