St.John's in the Vale, Cumbria. by Bill Sutton

I like the sky, very effective

Lovely and interesting painting. Good unusual choice of colours.

I think the colours of the sky are OK with the rest of your colours! Love your subjects and your style! Well done.

Very striking painting. Never mind what the camera says.Bill they tell Lies, use the photo only for reference and then paint

A striking painting! I love it and the wonderful sky makes the hills stand out so well.

I find the almost naive quality of this painting very appealing indeed.

I don't think it would be as striking with a sunny sky. It's the lovely coloured sky that makes the painting successful. It's lovely!

Thanks to all of you for your appreciative and encouraging comments. I'm always interested to get other peoples' views on my efforts which are useful in future work. We all have our own thoughts and it is very useful to share these.I am trying the same subject with a sunny sky, Louise, but am finding it rather a disappointment, as you say. Many thanks again for taking an interest. Bill.

If the sunny sky hasn't worked you can always overpaint it and make it even more dramatic ! Don't blame me though if it goes wrong !! Looking forward to seeing it here. Louise.

I quite like it as it is jx (So long as the colours chosen for the sky are reflected in the shadows of the snow, it tends to work, I find) Jx