I embarked on a series of paintings which were inspired from observational walks. I decided to take time out each morning to go out with the idea to really observe by choosing three colours and observing any object which related to what I chose. I scattered a few watercolour pencils and chose the first dominant colour ,then the second and third bearing in mind that these three colours would be observed during the walk. The first colour was green, the second was brown and the third yellow. Of course these colours pointed to observing trees. When I arrived home my intention was to start a painting by using these three colours and so I painted the canvas green. I dabbed brown on the canvas and began to feel an image which became mingled with yellow so I developed a corn-field and by observing these three colours before embarking on a visual observational walk the reality of the corn became the most dominant idea in the painting. I decided to paint a cornfield from these three colours chosen before the observational walk and a loose style technique developed as the colours created a surface which eventually lead me to add a cottage and sky. From observing these three colours on this walk it has become a discipline I adopted when I am preparing a loose style painting. It can be any subject or even Abstract and I think colour psychology can help and assist when one is choosing a subject to paint. Here is a painting I once produced from a visual observation walk titled "The Cornfields" I added the cottage later on in the process of developing a 'loose style'painting. I shall be starting a new 'loose style'painting today as I observed a white cat yesterday while out walking and from the colours white , green, yellow and brown shall paint from a limited colour palette and just see what develops in painting 'loose style'!