Copy of "the Floods at Port Marly" by Terence McDonald

I think Sisley's long out of copyright - and anyway, you've done all the right things to avoid infringement. Palette is very Sisley, those pearly greys and creamy colours. Yes, ok, I can tell you're learning but don't worry about errors - they're how we learn.

Thanks Robert, yes, we can learn a lot from copying the masters. Even great men like Constable copied the works of earlier great artists so why should we jib at it. I'm annoyed at the drawing errors because they were spotted when it got too much of a trouble to correct them.

I really like the result in your pastel. Smashing colours. Definitely caught my eye. We learn so much from other artist's techniques - Degas is a favourite of mine. I didn't have to worry about copyright. Very well done.

Thanks Jeanette, when I look at the Impressionists' work, I am always amazed at the variety of apparently unrelated colours which are used to give the overall effect - I'm still learning.

Lovely impression of the original Terence, and of course you have my full admiration for doing a complete scene in pastel, for the time being my pastel portraits are quite enough for me!