St Peter's Church Villemorin

I painted this in water based oils on a small canvas. It would be lovely to see it again in real life, this pesky covid virus has spoilt many plans to travel over the past couple of years but this month we will go! I have made myself a small strong card pochade box that fits my bag, (my wooden pochade is too cumbersome) and something called a 'paint garage' out of acrylic. It should make painting en pleine aire easier with paints at the ready and no tube lids to struggle with. My test paint was successful and my paints are still soft after a week thanks to the clove oil.

 February .. I just had to paint a landscape after a month of painting still lifes for the Strada Easel challenge. I was till indoors in lockdown so I watched a Tony Allain pastel video organised by the Mall Galleries and then painted it myself in mixed media this morning. Very chocolate box but enjoyed it. Unfortunately I now need to replace some sennelier oil pastels! Expensive hobby painting !

I used this to influence my own painting 'The Station House' in oil pastel.