Goodmanham Wold Farm woodland, Cross Gate road, Yorkshire Wolds.

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Here is a finished, large, 1.5m x 1m deep edge canvas view of a wood opposite Goodmanham Wold farm. I had visited before and used a previous sketch to make this larger painting, which captures the sunlight on the trees. At this time of the year we have many bird visitors, especially redwings, can you see any?

Below are close-ups of the painting which has been completed using just the three primary colours of 

blue ( French ultramarine) 

red ( cadmium red hue ) and 

yellow, ( lemon yellow ).

All these are W+N Artisan water based oil paints, which I use as the brushes are easy to clean and there is no solvent smell.

It is an interesting exercise to use the three primary colours and I think fellow artists should maybe consider limiting their palette , especially as it makes one wonder about the need to buy lots of other paints. 

This view is taken as I say, from an earlier sketch made on a cold January day, with the sun intermittently, breaking through creating lovely shadows on the trees. Lots of the trees have painted numbers on them suggesting that they will be felled later this year, before replanting.

Available for reservation, it will need to thoroughly dry and then be varnished before sale.

Two pheasants

Road disappearing towards Holme on the Wolds

Remnant beech leaves

Owl hiding

Redwings visitors

The ubiquitous red kite of the Wolds

The two canvases