Salisbury Cathedral as seen from No 19, The Close...22nd August 2017

Sorry for the poor capture...my phone is on its last legs.

Has worked well David...I like the way you are loosening up especially the fore ground trees. I might be wrong but your sky looks as if you have used the dreaded Paynes Grey ? With a smidge of ochre? Violet and Prussian blue would have been a bit more my choice , but it's all trial and error and it's not alf bad .😊

I think you've made a very good attempt at this David. Perhaps with the sky you could wet the paper a little more and drop in the colour, says me who is no watercolourist! As for not wanting to paint up to the edge, why not use masking tape as a frame? I do this whenever I paint on paper and get great pleasure when I remove it , leaving a lovely neat edge - like a frame.

Hey! for a relative novice, you're doing fine mate. Good tip Marjorie Sylvia, it's one of my favourite colours!

Thanks all for the encouragement. Yes, I did add Paynes Grey...how can you tell and why is it not good? ("dreaded"!!) I'm going to try the front aspect I think Maybe out in the air!

David I like the sky, it has a stylised effect. Great drawing, and I’m with Sylvia ref the foreground trees...you made the right choice keeping them loose.

Lol , each to their own re the dreaded Paynes Grey.. personally I really do not like it...( hate it in fact) . Derek obviously loves it...it's a bit like Marmite. My very own view is that it deadens a painting, and I prefer to mix my darker colours...try violet and brown.... give or take on indigo/ Prussian. You have to play around and find what you like. Cos it's your pic.

This turned out really well David, it's a difficult subject but you have challenged yourself and it looks marvellous. Well done! Just for the record, I do use Paynes Grey.