I had a few days in Broadway and managed to get two paintings done. The first being of Boradway itself. I failed to really get a grip of the composition of the painting right from the off which led to as far as I am concerned a disappointing result. I was too keen to get painting and another couple of minutes thought would have paid dividends.
The second painting I did was of the Church at Childswickham. I used my pochade box as I had to carry it about 1.5 miles to get there. It was a cold and windy day. I had an idea of the view I wanted but when I got to the field I found it was too windy to set up for that view. The pochade box would have been blown over. I retreated to a spot near a stream running around the field sheltered by a large hedge.
I then spent a little time doing a pencil sketch in my book and then got on with the painting. I was keen not to repeat the same mstake again. I used a ground of Raw Sienna.
The sun had been out for the whole morning and was out until about 5 minutes into the painting.Then clouds... Still I had down the main tonal values and carried on. Then, I don't believe it someone lit a bonfire the other side of the hedge!! It was like bits of snow falling on me. After ten minutes or so the wind changed and I could breath again.
So all in all January and February have been okay. Cold and challenging but okay. I am working on my new pochade box currently.
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