Cows near Farnham

I went out properly plein air watercolour sketching yesterday, yippee, which apart from losing the dog for an hour, felt really good. I thought I'd chance going out with the oil paints today, but it's rainy and horrid. I wanted to do something though, it's been sooo long, so I rooted through my photos.

 

I'm not too unhappy with this. It is bigish, as in 30 x 25cm, so it took heaps of concentration. I was at it about two and a half hours, all of which was accompanied by Radio 4 iplayer which is  utterly utterly fab. I'm all smug actually, as I painted a pic I don't think is too  awful, I caught up on a few hours of history programs , and also had a big savoury brioche rising while I was painting. I've now  got a painting plus a huge warm Parma ham, mozzarella and basil loaf plus a bottle of white, plus it's Friday - what more could you ask for.

I'll look at the pic again tomorrow and poke at it, but for now, I'm staying with mildly smug, or at least, just kind of pleased.