Clean Winter Sunshine Tenby approx 11" by 14" Mixed media.

This is the start of a few paaintings with a NEW working method...how many times have I said that before...basically it involves:
1.taking a photo of a scene that really strikes me...
2.then taking a video of same scene with a narration describing the main 2 or 3 elements that attract me to the scene.
3.In the studio I then paint a "foundation" of watercolour, with tones and colours as accurate as I can.....
4.then to freely apply thick acrylic , I use as large brushes that I can, to try and get something of the freshness of what attracted me to the scene in the first place.

This seemingly convoluted method of getting back to the essence of the landscape, is bourne out of dissatisfaction for Plein Air painting, which can deteriorate into 3 hour numbing exercise....the light/weather/mood changes and the painting can sometimes get  diffused.
Just plain photos of the scene often look pretty uninspiring when printed in the studio.

Surf

Watercolour Plein Air and Studio, about 15" wide.

Sunset Landscape Crete

Watercolour Plein Air and Studio about 18" wide.

Hazy Cloud Crete

Watercolour Plein Air and Studio, about 18" wide.

Midday Sun Crete

Watercolour Plein Air and Stdio, about18" wide.

Low Cloud Plakias

Watercolour Plein Air and Studio, about 12" wide.

5 Minute Watercolour Sky Sunny.

Basic fast sunny sky, plus a bit of landscape.

Magic Cloud: Watercolour plein air, 11" wide.

Again This needs to be seen BIG, its really twee seen small.

Again this painting done from one of my favourite locations Dryslwyn castle in the Towy Valley, 360 degree blockbuster views.

Storm Thistles: watercolour Plein air 10" wide

This needs to be seen BIG, its really twee seen small.
Had a stormy couple of painting sessions over the weekend. Very nice it was too.

Overcast Strumble Head

14 inches wide, Plein air and studio, acrylic .Kept forms and colour simple, sky got darker and darker, ended up like a Knapp Fisher sky.

Evening Dinefwr Acrylic plein air 12" wide total

Cloudburst Towy Valley, Acrylic

Rain Mountain Oak, Acrylic Plein air and studio 9" wide

Evening Garn Goch Hillfort, Mixed Media, plein air and studio, 10" wide.

This painting was a lot better before I tried to improve it. 

Winter Dinefwr Castle 8" wide Acrylic Plein Air.

Winter Landscape Dryslwyn, Acrylic 11" wide Plein Air.

Dryslwyn Castle in the Towy valley (Wales) is such a brilliant place to paint from. Panoramic 360 views, so you can chose best sun setting for time of day etc.

Winter Sun Dryslwyn Castle, Acrylic 10" wide.Plein Air.

Very freely done on the spot,

"Surf" Plein Air and studio, acrylic, 14 inches wide.

Again this should really be viewed large to get it.

Summer Tenby Plein Air and studio, Acrylic, 9.5 inches wide.

This painting is about a month old, finally got round to uploading it.

Evening Towy

Plein air and studio, acrylic on card 11.5 " wide.
Was happy with the mix of colours in this, this painting moved considerably from its beginnings, tried to wrestle with the foreground vs background centre of intrest. ends up kinda soft and harmonious.

Sunshine shower Llandyffeisant

Plein air and studio Acrylic on card 13.5" wide.

Sat in the rain, you dont normally get an excuse to sit in the rain, I need to sit in the rain more often.

Bend in River Towy

Plein Air and studio, Acrylic on card, 10 3/4 " wide.

 Liked the way the river falls splat on the landscape like a wet fish.