By the River

A couple of weeks ago I went out with some friends of mine and we found this little farm shop where they sold a vast variety of mouth watering fruit and vegetables. They also had a quaint little coffee shop where we sat and ate Dorset Cream Teas; naughty but very, very nice.

Afterward we went for a walk around the farm, foot paths around the estate marked the trail that the public were  permitted to roam. There were a couple small lakes and a river flowing through.

It was a bright, warm day and the sun was bathing the landscape.

I took several photographs, but the one I used as the reference for this painting was the best. The mixture of colours in the leaves and foliage were many, ranging from the greens of summer through to the browns and golds of autumn. The reflections of the trees made an interesting scene in the river itself.
It was just asking to be painted.

This is the result.
Painted in soft, artist quality pastels on sanded pastel paper, pastelmat. The size is 12"x15"

By the River
Soft Pastels on Pastelmat
Size 12"x15"
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