Church of St. James , Elstead by John Richardson

Nicely painted. Love the strong shadows. Really well done.

Very nice painting, but I was told by someone well in the know not to put spires and the like too near the top of the paper. Nothing else wrong with it though.

Spire - I think you get away with it here; the danger of course is once you've made marks and committed yourself, you're quite likely to find you've run out of room and so cut the top off. But you haven't, and I don't think it unbalances the composition. The roof is a labour of love, and the tower and spire posed enormous perspective problems which you've successfully overcome.