Easton Banner auction

Hi folks,
Sorry about the lack of blog entries. I have just completed my painting for the Easton Banner Auction. It will hang from a lamp post in Easton all summer. I had so much fun painting it.

I saw this great Blue heron on a summer evening at St Michaels. The light was fantastic. I kept it simple, because it's really about the glorious light.

The Gallops, Lambourn.

This was a fun mini. During a visit to my good friend James Potter, I went up and watched racehorses being exercised up on the Gallops.

Sanderlings on a sandbar

Here's the finished painting.....

The first shows my crude underpainting, really just an Idea with a wash. The second shows some blocking in and defining the shapes.

"Sanderlings on a sandbar"

I love seeing how paintings develop. From an idea, to the finished painting. Of course I always forget to take photos while I'm painting , however I did manage a couple of "in progress" shots for"Sanderlings on a sandbar"