This is the same area as the previous Surrey Hills painting I did (it’s near Compton.) Although this one I traipsed down a steep hill to get this view.
I made the mistake of arriving too early I got there at 7am it was still pitch black! If it’s overcast then I should remember to go later!
The light, when it did come up was very flat and minimal. I pushed the horizon line up high to take out the sky as it wasn’t the focus. The original sized board was 9.5×12″ I painted on this size and realised the foreground was too big and out of proportion for the subject. So I will be cutting it off, where I cropped it to post this.
Lots of comings and goings on the farm but I wasn’t close enough to get the detail in. One thing I could do was paint the smoke, which looked good against the hill behind.