This is an original gouache landscape painting made from a blank canvas in just 56 minutes 9 seconds on A3 artists paper excluding signing. 

The first draft took 33 minutes 29 seconds, followed by a cup of tea then second draft at 22 minutes 39 seconds. I used some tea in the painting, then happily signed with my signature brush. I have used this same brush to sign paintings for approximately ten years.

In all eight brushes were used for painting with speed. Eight individual paints were mixed – black, white, burnt sienna, cerulean blue, lemon yellow, burnt umber, ochre yellow and sap green.

Inspiration arrived whilst I enjoyed a phenomenally delicious cup of tea and carefully considered how next to continue my painting.

It was an early evening. Curtains drawn. No natural light to make use of. Working from a photograph dated 13th March 2021 taken at 1522hrs (see below). It was one of several compositions standing in the field, others shot in varying directions. I even kept some of the blue sky poking out to the centre-left for authenticity.

On the evening of the artwork creation I was yet to see the painting myself in natural sunlight. The texture is certainly handsome with artistic movement and feeling.

It was dark outside whilst painting in the early evening indoors. Raining through the night.

I love the sound of rain!

Here is the photograph:

The photo is uncropped since the composition from my camera is perfect through good framing of the landscape. My canvas image is quite difficult to colour adjust and required highly complex photographic editing. It is now the closest representation of the artwork having edited same meticulously for publishing purposes. This was entirely necessary to capture the grey tones in the clouds and meter the overpowering blue hues in the original unedited canvas photograph. 

The bluish grey tones art everything for this piece.

Furthermore the trees are naturally overcast by the atmospheric clouds in the original photograph. Again, this is a mood I wished to ensure fairly equitable in my artwork.

Obviously my painting is a quickly produced (56m9s) Impressionist piece, especially if you can appreciate A3 sized canvas paper to cover with paint. For this I had just 12ml tubes of fine artists’ gouache since my usual working oils are currently in storage. One of the reasons I sketched in pencils since approximately February 2021. Iron gall ink works dominated 2020, with poetry and sayings consistent through 2019 to 2021. 

In 2019 I did do one or two sketches too, notably “Young Pegasus [sketch #2]”.

Oils, particularly the impasto style I prefer take considerable time to dry.. months. Whereas gouache is more so days. Besides I have loved creating sketches of my local nature reserve, and also digitally derived artworks using professional painters software applications.

In this I hope you’re as satisfied as I am with my speedily resulted landscape artwork comparable to the originating composition. The King James VI & I Oak of 1612 shown foremost left is contrasted by the theme of a rather beautiful bluish grey sky. 

Please do click on the canvas image for a detailed look at all those wonderfully delicious textures! Goodness gracious it made me so happy.

The joy is making art for you to wonder.