Playing with colour and light. Early Morning.

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I like the light in this one. The style gives the sense of a fleeting impression, with clouds scudding along and dappled light dropping on the distant ground. Lovely work.

Posted by xxBillxx xxDowniexx on Tue 21 Mar 17:24:56

A very good intuitive painting Rachel, trust your instincts……good job. Love that touch of orange.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Tue 21 Mar 18:09:50

This is fantastic Rachel - the colours really work. My eye was drawn to the slightly turquoisey blue on the fields and mirrored a little in the sky..looks great!

Posted by Sarah Crouch on Tue 21 Mar 18:22:58

Wonderful Rachel.

Posted by Denise Cat on Tue 21 Mar 18:58:59

Its a beautiful painting, love the colours.

Posted by valerie harper on Tue 21 Mar 20:22:48

Super soft tones Rachel, very effective sky

Posted by Thalia Stones on Wed 22 Mar 05:14:39

Thank you so much everyone - really appreciate your feedback.

Posted by Rachel Wood on Wed 22 Mar 05:39:24

Wonderful, Rachel. I love the sky strokes.

Posted by Coral Pastor Caparrós on Wed 22 Mar 07:56:11

Excellent example of making something from very little! There’s no value in painting something that’s dull and uninteresting just because it’s there… lovely work.

Posted by Alan Bickley on Wed 22 Mar 10:44:16

Lovely Rachel. Especially the colour combination. Also the loose expressive marks.

Posted by Sarah Stanley on Wed 22 Mar 11:03:34

Love it

Posted by Richard Cox on Wed 22 Mar 11:13:30

Thank you again each for such positive feedback.

Posted by Rachel Wood on Wed 22 Mar 16:00:10

Hang on Studio Wall

21/03/2023

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A very grey dull morning so just played about with colour, brushstrokes and the palette knife. An experiment really, I’m not sure myself about it, but I just worked intuitively and used colour I felt was in the grey rather than actually saw, and added the orange added to perk it up a bit…

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Rachel Wood

I paint Plein Air, and landscapes are my passion. The changing light, never knowing quite what may happen, searching for a subject, meeting passers by, all add to the excitement and richness of landscape painting. My other passion is playing the violin, occasionally in and around the streets and…

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