Next I wandered over to the village hall and found a comfortable place to sit…
Auger Close, Hartlip
And here’s the final dash and splash of the day. I didn’t have to dash very far after drawing it as it’s a view from my back garden, albeit with some distracting stuff on this side of the fence removed. It’s a new view, only visible now that the two trees that used to obscure it have both been taken down. I’m not sure whether that’s four or five houses but it’s an interesting collection of shapes.
The drawing was pretty straightforward, again giving me lots of opportunities to use that really thick pen. I’m getting to be a big fan of gutters and drainpipes. And I really enjoyed marking out those planks on the fence.
And what colours does the computer choose?
Now that’s a great choice of colours. There’s a red at last, along with an earthy yellow which will make lots of understated oranges for brickwork. And the green, as well as looking good in trees, could create some interesting neutrals with the red. There’s no blue, but I’m not normally one for blue skies, let’s be honest.
And I just went in and put down those colours. More than in any other painting today, I was charging in colours wet into wet to make things interesting. Look at those bits of green in the closest houses on the left and the right. And how I’ve varied the colours along the fence and left the odd white gap. I can do these this when I’ve been given the right colours. Maybe I need to revisit my random colour strategy and make it a little bit less random or lump browns and secondaries together so that the computer can only pick one of them. I need to think some more. Oh, and the sky was great fun: just the red and the yellow allowed to mix, with the red generally nearer the top.
Anyway, this one definitely works. It’s the best of the day and is up for sale.
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