Property 2

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A trip round the curtilage of this property confirmed the best aspect for a painting. Though not a small plot, it was nevertheless a challenge to get the required distance to make a site sketch from the very corner of the garden, to avoid an overly distorted perspective. By moving around to avoid obstructions, it was possible to make the thumbnail in a couple of bites. Having agreed a price for the commission based on the sketch, I made a time to re-visit to take site photographs. I used the client's guess and a look at Google Earth to tell me when the sun would be where I needed it, to create the modelling shadow system I wanted. (I remember once getting this estimated time radically wrong when I made a site visit with my young son to another, much larger property nestling under a cliff face, facing a lake; we played tennis for over an hour on the client's private court while the sun came around).