I know the UK is not in Europe, I just refuse to accept it, anyway, enough of politics. I have brought my north European mindset to bear on this lovely spring day and have turned down the brightness a notch or two. I have done this quite consciously because this is Northumberland, not the Cote d’Azur. For some reason I can’t accept the Mediterranean palette so far north. Anyway, its definitely springtime and not winter. There are some extraordinary patterns in this landscape so I need to put my illustrators head on if I am to tackle them. The painting is starting to show signs of promise, still a long way to go.
Netherton, springtime. Day 3