Enforced Break.

I have had to take a short break from posting to my blog just recently. I had to fulfill six commissions which were collected on Thursday, and over the last few days it has just been too hot to paint. Apart from the lethargy the hot weather brings, it really messes up the drying times of watercolour painting. Hopefully I'll be posting again soon. I will enjoy the weather and tending my crops in the garden until then. Yipee!

Cuffley Woods.

Cuffley Woods Track. Watercoolour 7 x 5 inches.


Cuffley Woods Stream. Watercoolour 7 x 5 inches.

Salmons Brook, Autumn Sunset.

Salmons Brook runs along the bottom of my garden. It is pure coincidence that our names are the same. I have a source of inspiration right on my doorstep.


Salmons Brook, Autumn Sunset. Watercolour 7 x 5 inches.

Tinky Totts Pond.

Tinky Totts Pond. Watercolour 7 x 5 inches.

Flash Lane, Whitewebbs.

Flash Lane, Whitewebbs. Watercolour 7 x 5 inches.

Stream at Forty Hill.

Second offering of the day. Two per day is my output rate at the present time. I'll be starting another soon but doubt whether I'll finish it today. There is a lot of detail in these so I shouldn't be surprised they take so long.


Stream at Forty Hill. Watercolour 7 x 5 inches.

Potters Weir. Whitewebbs.

Potters Weir, Whitewebbs. Watercolour 7 x 5 inches.

Experiment.

Just checking to see what the quality will be like. I'm not sure that I want a YouTube channel on my blog but I suppose I need to ensure my blog is content rich and will appeal to many viewers.

I've always tried to keep all my sites and blog advertisement free and will endeavour to ensure it is kept to an absolute minimum in the future.

I'm not sure I want the Youtube in my posts section but will experiment for a little while until I find the best compromise. I think the sidebar will be the best option.

Whitewebbs Reach.

Whitewebbs Reach. Watercolour 7 x 5 inches.

Salmons Brook.

Salmons Brook. Watercolour 7 x 5 inches.

Saddlers Mill Brook

Watercolour can be truly exasperating at times. Just as soon as you think you may have cracked it, it throws a curved ball at you and you're back to square one again. I don't think I'll ever be able to say I have true mastery over this medium and then again I don't know anybody that has. Even Turner had his off days, you can see examples from some of the false starts that he made in the Tate Archives. Maybe that's what drives us to keep going, the thought that no matter what you do, you'll never crack it but hey! let's make the most of it, happy accidents and all. Just a slight change in temperature or humidity or even mood can affect the way a painting turns out. It's a bugger but I wouldn't have it any other way. You never know what you're going to get at the end of your painting session and nine times out of ten it wasn't what you had in mind at the start but it will nearly always be a surprise.


Saddlers Mill Brook. Watercolour 7 x 5 inches.