If it was everybody would be doing it? Probably not, you have to be willing to fail, which is something I contemplate every time I start painting. Quite often its not the second or third attempt that I feel is right, often I lose count and sometimes it is achieved days later without apparent difficulty. Concentrated on the sky and background today, still needs work but I must focus some attention on the trees next time. All those odd shaped cast shadows on the left are caused by trees, which are not there at the moment! This painting has a mad quality, Kokoschka like, in that every colour and brush mark has been thrown at it and I’m not sure its a direction I want to go in.
Towards Edlingham, Northumberland. Day 3