Stone Gate

Last week, I was bought a series of DVDs with art lessons on them. One of the disks had a lovely tutorial on sketching with pencil then creating a finished piece of art in the studio later. I watched the program, which included a lovely shot of a location in the Peak District. The finished picture included a stone gateway leading to a rocky ridge.

Last night, I tried to just draw/paint a thumbnail of the gateway from memory. Again, I think my colour sense has let me down, though I'm reasonably happy with the composition of the upright stone and right hand wall. The left could do with some rework!





I've obviously got a way to go, but the good news is that I'm booked in for a free trial watercolour lesson at the local art school. Depending how it goes, I'll probably book in for a full course of beginners lessons at the first opportunity.