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Dear Art Lover
I looked long and hard at this view, day after day and throughout the whole year before I attempted to paint it. The challenge arose around the fact that I executed it in my studio, working from memory, photos and watercolour studies that I did on location. BTW I wish I knew what to say to people when I’m sat outside with my watercolours spread about, something like, "I’m not a baby at nursery, honestly”.
During the painting process, I struggled to create the perspective going into the distance because I wanted it to seem like an invitation to take a stroll down between the trees and then zig zag up the valley into the vista. I had to go out and stare at the view time and time again and come back and work from what reference material I had. The weather was just not good enough to take a one meter wide canvas outside, it would have blown away and I would have ended up all upset and covered in sticky paint. |
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