Last week I put the first layer of the painting but have since been away. Have decided to focus on this week’s upcoming lesson with the purple plants (lavender?) and come back to this one afterwards.

I have always found it difficult to find time to paint so the weekly live is great as it keeps me painting weekly. How often do you paint and do you have a regular time/day?

The recording of last night's live is now on Youtube. Top Tips: I would suggest that you mask out the boat and houses and give it time to dry before starting. Give yourself more space for the trees on the left Give yourself a larger colour selection than originally suggested e,g, ultramarine , burnt umber to get the very dark tree areas. Swap the yellow ochre for a cadmium yellow. Yellow ochre doesn't blend well. Add a turquoise if you have one, Mix your tree colours for the background a little softer, e.g. make them more blue/grey so they look further away. Do share what you create, I love seeing them

I am considering doing this week's paint along in gouache. We are due to the Rocky River scene. As there are only a few of you who might tune in to the live which I really appreciate. I wanted to see if you have gouache yourselves. I really love it as a medium because it gives me the dark to light ability that I have with oils and acrylics but can be layered so it looks like oils....and its watercolour too! What are your thoughts? The bluebell wood is one I might do April time.