Deepest Dorset

Lovely work Colin

Nicely done Colin.

Great technique with the foliage

Very well observed - real trees! Like the handling of all the varied greens, too. So many have trouble with greens - I imagine some of our devoted readers would be interested in a few tips from you.

Thank you for all your kind comments. I generally mix all my greens using various combinations of Winsor Lemon, Raw Sienna, Indian Yellow, French Ultramarine and Cerulean, occasionally using Prussian Blue for intense darks and Cadmium Yellow light if I want a more solid colour. The tree foliage was built up on a pale wash of Winsor Lemon and Ultra, and darker touches were then added with Indian Yellow and Ultra with perhaps a little raw sienna. Burnt Sienna is also useful to take the "edge" off a bright green. The cool greens in the background were generally mixed with Cerulean and Lemon, though I also used a little viridian (sparingly, as it seems to be in short supply nowadays). Hope this helps.

Nice watercolour Colin, and very interesting to hear how you achieve your greens. There is an impression that under the trees it's cooler in the shade of the canopy, than out in the sunlight. Is the painting a French subject, or is it nearer home?

It is on the lane just past the Kingombe Centre near Toller Porcoram, Dorset, and based it on a photo I took (on film!) when on a painting holiday there some years ago. Have tried to paint it several times since, but this is the first time I've achieved a satisfactory result.

This is lovely - love the tree trunk colours