My Dad is 65 tomorrow. Because I'm out of work and have been for a while, my Mum suggested I paint a watercolour of Haddon Hall in Derbyshire.
I'm not used to painting buildings and the castellations and detail posed a problem, as well as the lack of information in the photograph I was given to paint from. The composition in the photograph wasn't that good, although the vantage point is one that the Hall itself uses in it's publicity pictures, and it looked as if it was early spring, not much leaf on the trees but the grass was bright green while the Hall was quite bleached out.
I'm 'OK' with the end result. Not happy with it but not gutted either. I know every time I see it I'll pick at it, but that's life when you produce something.
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