Oil. Alistair Butt © 2013 - #AB 021379
A delightful beck (local name for river/stream) offered this winter view - what more could an artist want... In summer it's blocked by all the leaves and when visiting in the past at that time of year it wasn't as appealing... what's great about all the becks/rivers in Cumbria is how clear the water is. This makes the painting of the water that bit more involved plus add in the reflections (trees/sky) and it gets very interesting. Breaking it down into smaller areas or layers as I've mentioned before in previous post works best for me anyway.
Oil. Alistair Butt © 2013 - #AB 021376
The usual superb view over Glencoyne to Ullswater and Place Fell was even more special this morning. With great sunlight, autumn coloured trees, patches of frost, some melting fast as the sun's warmth got to work on it.
Oil. Alistair Butt © 2013 - #AB 021377
One of the classic views of Great Langdale with the Langdale Stones in the foreground and the Langdale Pikes in the background.
It was late afternoon with warm sunlight catching the autumn colours while at the same time the shadow from the left hand side crosses the valley floor much faster than I'd hoped but it added a good contrast to the subject.
Thankfully as the sun went behind the fells, it was a short trip to the B&B which is behind by the Oak tree and a wonderful location to stay and to start from the following morning having had the full English breakfast and much talk of locations to visit with some of the walkers staying at the same time.
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