and if your working in an outside studio in the countryside, maybe take a torch?, something I keep forgetting. The street light outside our cottage barely has enough light to justify its own existence. Somehow, despite its closeness to our property it doesn’t throw any light in our direction. These trees in the left foreground of the picture were going to present a problem. They consist of a million tiny shimmering leaves that make the trees look formless. A pointillist approach seemed to be the obvious answer, but of course, I don’t do obvious. I am still grappling with them and its a case of trial and error to find an equivalent solution, I think a suggestion of leaves will work.
Evening in the Coquetdale Valley. Day 5