Only a fellow artist could look at a painting composed of muted muddy colours and call it beautiful. That’s all I have to play with in this picture and its going to rely on subtle colour shifts and a good understanding of the tonal values. There really isn’t much warmth in this scene, its pretty bleak, and that’s what appealed to me about this subject. This is enhanced by the fact that someone is sitting next to this icy canal doing his ‘pleasure fishing’. Pleased with this start I think its pitched about right in terms of colour.
Fishing for roach. Day 2