This turned out to be very interesting. It was another cold grey day with precipitation threatening. I set off with no intention of doing a painting, but after walking George on a quiet lane near South Dalton, where I admired the snowdrops in wintered verges, seeing evidence of ‘our little man in the velvet jacket’ I stopped, parking off the road near ‘ alligator pond’. Getting out of the car, I saw this view and remembered Albert Handell, and his wonderful studies of trees. I am down to my last canvas, an incomplete painting of a water works near Cottingham. So I thought why not use it, painting over it. The trees demanded a portrait orientation which presented a challenge as the pochade box was designed for landscapes. Then I remembered my magic clips. The are designed to attach to the steel sheet inside the pochade box lid, (the easel). They would help to hold the canvas. More details will appear in my book on the High Wolds. I started by noticing the feint horizon, deciding where to actually place it so that I could include the height of the trees. The left hand tree was further away and I have pulled it in’ to enhance the business of the painting. Overhead a large branch of a horse chestnut could just be included. Then, as I was working I noticed feint marks on the painting which told me it was raining very slightly. I closed the pochade box lid, moving to stand under the car tailgate. Then I added more detail.
14x10 inch oil on canvas.
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