A Break In The Cloud
A dreary scene painted on a dismal day at Grange-Over-Sands. This isn't Grange-Over-Sands obviously but rather an impression of the weather that day which was rain, followed by showers, followed by drizzle which was then followed by some more rain!
Finally though the sky started to clear just like in the painting and the sun started to break it's way furtively through the cloud. Slightly too late to improve my mood that day but nevertheless I did get this painting as a result even though it was a bit of a fluke...
Something I talk about a lot in the workshops I teach is going with what the medium throws at you. This painting came about sort of as a result of that mentality.
I had spent a little time talking with a lovely couple. Both of them had their brollies up and unbeknown to all of us as we were talking all the water from the ladies brolly was pouring off on to my easel on which I had a piece of paper that I had just very carefully applied a wash to.
They left and I very quickly realised that the original idea I had had was a no go. The paper was completely sodden and the wash I had applied was a complete mess but rather than give up I changed plan and tried to recreate an impression of the weather that day using the mess that was now on the paper.
To say I painted this with complete abandon with absolutely no thought of ending up with anything even half decent would be an understatement!
However as so often happens in watercolour when you persist out of that mess and flurry of roughly applied brush strokes and splatter came this lovely painting. It only just dried out enough at the end of the day to allow me to apply a few sharper edged details to finish it.
Amazing what you can create with the help of a bad mood and a dribbly umbrella!
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The original watercolour painting is approx 510mm x 360mm and is available either framed or unframed.
This image is also available in the following formats:
7" X 5" Mounted Mini Limited Edition Giclee Print
33cm x 24cm Limited Edition Giclee Print
45cm x 33cm Limited Edition Giclee Print
Limited Edition Size: 100
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