“A country lane in autumn.”
The warm sunny days are gone, a distant memory now. Instead, the lovely, joyful British autumn weather started to kick in. And this means lots of grey in the sky and a fine drizzle. Sometimes, some wind as well. But, plein air means this as well. If I would wait only for good weather, I wouldn’t be able to paint outdoors much. Hence, I decided to brave the weather and went to a lane, somewhere in Dorset, where I painted before. Somewhere between Tarrant Gunville and Stubhampton. The colours where beautiful, unfortunately the light, not so great. Because of the rain, I have chosen not to set up the easel, but stay in the car and paint on the thumb box. The canvas was painted in advance with a pinkish mixture. I used my usual palette, adding couple more yellows, cobalt yellow and cadmium yellow deep. I didn’t use any medium. It was a fun experience, although it can be difficult to paint in the car, trying to balance everything on your lap.
I retouched it a bit at home after lunch.
So, here it is:
“A country lane in autumn.”
Oil on linen.
24 X 30cm (10” X 12”).
