“A walk at Witcher’s Wood, Exbury Gardens.”
Second great weekend in a row. This is pretty unusual, but I am not complaining about it. Despite of the forecast, which was predicting a rather dump end of the week, the weather stayed quite dry, few drops of rain now and then, but mostly dry. Not as warm as last week, but more bearable 16 – 18 Celsius. Hence, we decided to go back to Exbury Gardens for another plein air.
I didn’t want to paint the same area of the garden, so we headed to a different area. The Witcher’s Wood. Located to the West, Witcher’s Wood is named after a family of charcoal – burners who used to live there. It contains many ornamental trees, including the Coffin Tree and the Brewer’s Spruce.
I set up my easel on a side of the main alley, which is called Lovers Lane.
I painted alla prima, over around four hours, using a reduce palette and some turps; no medium. I have chosen a portrait format, for a better composition with the tall tree.
So, here it is:
“A walk at Witcher’s Wood, Exbury Gardens.”
Oil on linen.
30 X 40cm (12” X 16”).
