Somerset levels are quite flat and low level so the skies are amazing, dramatic and endless. Could paint them all day!
A group of us liked this subject because when we arrived the light was behind the trees – contra jour and the cattle were standing with a halo of light on their backs. It looked so English.
Here we are lined up!
Within minutes of starting, the weather changed and a bank of clouds came over and obstructed the light, so frustrating! I painted the bits that I could while waiting fo rth esun to come back. It did but not for long, so it’s a manily overcast paitning, but still with an English feel!
The cows were not easy because the were so small scale in my painting, paint a blob of dark and if you try and put too much detail it looks contrived but too little and a black blob!