Mill Dam Cottages, Coniston by Alfred Heaton Cooper (1863 - 1929)

Mill Dam Cottages, Coniston by Alfred Heaton Cooper (1863 - 1929)This delightful rural setting portrays a set of quarrymens' and miners' cottages found around the Coniston area, where Alfred lived before the outbreak of the First World War. He undoubtedly saw them as picturesque, especially so in this case, with Coniston Old Man just visible through the trees in the background. "Without vision the people will perish, and without natural beauty the English people will perish in the spiritual sense. In old days the

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with the rocky summit of Pike o’Blisco cloud-shadowed in the distance

in education

Facilitates painting in watercolour on paper

for use with a dip pen or brush

Height Closed: 5in (12cm)

Winsor & Newton gouache paint is perfect for creating bold and vibrant artworks

combining to make a forceful composition

you'll find you can peel it off and stick it down again up to 12 hours later

Made from a vinyl resin and alcohol base

Monocle's journalists

"What a solemn and impressive place it is on a winter afternoon