I thought I’d give you all a bit of a rest after all of those strada posts in Jan. I’ve been busy over the last few weeks, working on commissions and orders and things that had just built up over the time of the strada challenge. Ive also been through most of those paintings and sorted them out a bit. Some were ok as they were and some needed a lot of work. 2 or 3 haven’t made it through that process yet! Here’s a couple of the woodland scenes, you’ll probably remember them. I’ve done an after and a before of each and you should be able to see what I’ve done, for the best hopefully. The study of the green trees is mainly altered at ground level. I worked in a more pink/brown leaf litter colour. It’s a great complimentary colour to the green and really throws them out. The smaller painting had a problem (I thought) with its depth. So I weakened the strength of the background trees a bit and pushed the light of the sky in a bit more boldly I’ll post up a few more ‘improved’ over time. Some of you may find it useful or interesting #artist #artwork #artist #artforsale #painting

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Day 31 #stradaeasel challenge , the final day “Bridge at Stoneyford” and “Golden Hour at Stoneyford” a pair of 10”x 10” enpleinair oil paintings. I had a great day painting beside the stream at Stoneyford, Devon. Once the rain had stopped it was an ok sort of day and I was inspired enough to complete 2 smallish paintings, although I began to run out of light on the 2nd. Thanks to homeowners for letting me paint from their garden #artforsale #artwork #oilpainting #painter I’ve worked out why I can only do 4 hashtags. There are 5, the 5th is right up at the beginning where I have to hashtag strada so they can find my days work. Apologies to instagram 😬

Day 30 #stradaeasel challenge The Water Feeder 6”x 12” enpleinair (an outdoor painting from indoors) oil on board Surprisingly rain was forecast for the whole of today (Although it wasn’t too bad before 11’s) so I decided not go out, but to resort to my back up plan, which is, to set up in the porch and paint out of the window. We live on top of a hill so the view is not too bad, so it’s not really a hardship. Often there are sheep to paint, although not today, but the water feeder made an ok focal point. #art #artist #painting #landscape mmmh still only 4 hashtags allowed by insta . Maybe the algorithm can’t count