Path Through the Trees, Niton IW

I have enjoyed the gallery,, there are some great ones here ,, I can pick out so many I could not attempt the complexity of these ,great stuff the lane in winter is a favourit

Excellent stuff Robert, could almost be a section fo a Monet foreground. best Mick

I really like the composition of this Robert with the grass and wild flowers in the foreground. I had a little dabble with oils a few years ago but couldn't get on with them at all. The canvas being wet all the time was the problem, I found it so difficult to paint in the detail without smudging what I'd already painted. Admittedly it was a bigger canvas, maybe a small one such as you are using at the moment would be more manageable?

Really like this one, Robert. It has a touch of the abstraction about it, but with the title becomes obvious. I like the way you've handled the tricky subject of green's and kept my interest going with the highlights in the right spot. I'll have to spend more time and have a look through the rest of your gallery for anymore gems like this one.

i love the spontaniaty and freedom in the grasses, the choice of colour is great too the 'black' gives a great richness. as to the photography i see no problem.

It's nice to see some of your work here. I don't always have time to check out other sites. I also like your other posting. This one is vibrant and full of interest. With regard to photographing, I hope you are switching off the flash - it bleaches and glares. I have enough trouble with my photographing, but that is one thing I do remember to switch off!

Robert this is vibrant and alive made more so by the well placed marks and choice of palette. The little touches of red are so well placed and not overdone as they easily could have been.

I like the deep, rich textures in this one, lovely painting.

Thanks to all. Christine, on the whole I find large paintings much easier to do than small ones - because you have more room to correct, adjust, alter; and drawing is just easier on a large scale. Your problem has more to do with the wetness of your paint - I suggest going a bit easier on the medium, and also letting the paint settle overnight, a term I prefer to "drying"; it's much, much easier to add detail over sticky, tacky paint than it is to do so over paint that's been freshly applied. You can do the latter, but it requires the right brush, and a very light touch indeed with thick, clean paint with an absolute minimum of medium - the wetter it is, the more it'll mix with the underlying paint and produce smears or mud.

Thank you very much Robert for the useful advice, perhaps I'll be tempted to resurrect my oil paints and give it another go. It would be a good discipline for me as don't have a lot of patience and have ruined many a painting in my eagerness to get it finished quickly!

Great painting Robert and a lovely gallery, my favourite being "The Lane in Winter"

You're on a roll Robert. This one is different again from the last, you have great versatility

Really like this Robert sorry I missed the rest.

Robert I love the texture in this. Just like Niton dark, green ,full of lovely texture!

Amazing amount in a small space. Small is not in myvocabulary. I love the feeling of depth in this Robert. Was itConstable who used his dabs of white as highlights? Lovely.

Love this impressionistic piece Robert! Great work.