Montpon Menesterol Farm, France, Watercolour, 15" x 11"

A farm somewhere in the Dordogne in France.

Hawkesbury Pond Cotswold Way Hawkesbury Upton, Watercolour, 15" x 11"

The pond at Hawkesbury Upton.

Whitley Farm, Wiltshire, UK, Watercolour 15" x 11"

..And the farmer allowed us onsite on this 3rd plein air!

Wiltshire, UK, Watercolour 15" x 11"

2nd Plein Air from Whitley Farm in Wiltshire, UK.

Box, Wiltshire, watercolour 15" x 11"

Farm entrance near Box in Wiltshire UK.

Whitley, Wiltshire, Watercolour, 15" x 11"

Plein air just outside Whitley in Wiltshire UK.

Dordogne, France,  Watercolour, 15" x 11"

An imaginary scene taking inspiration from the Dordogne countryside and a late summer field.  So straw bales, you can put them where you want to suit the composition.  As long as you observe their format - the texture, a flat bottom because they weigh so heavy and the stubble of the field and where they cut the hay, the bales are lying at right angles to the rows, if you see what I mean.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.

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Dordogne, France, 15" x 11"

Another painting based on a dashcam image of mine.  Do you have a dashcam?  Many people use them now and it's surprising how many images you may have lurking on your device which might make decent subjects for a painting.  So here's mine, a quiet country road in SW France, could be anywhere.  But a play on light and shade and an accidental figure coming towards us.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms

My latest watercolour demo video - all about connecting areas of the composition....

Watercolour, 15" x 11"

Bristol Savages, Wednesday night sketch and the topic for the evening - "a good prospect".  So I interpreted this as a god view, here over rolling hills and maybe a location like the UK, Ireland or perhaps France.  There were two main stages to doing the painting.  First step was the initial wash, very weak at first and the stronger greens at the foreground.  Then, almost a second wash starting from the top, defining the far trees, hedgerows, shadows and painting around the houses.  Smoke was added as a last stage with mainly white paint with a hint of cobalt blue.