Crackley Cottages from Kenilworth Common

Watercolour 270mm x 180mm
 
This was based on a photograph taken through the woods in December 2020 but I didn't get round to painting it until April. The building is now a single house but used to be worker's cottages on the nearby Crackly Hall estate. I love the view because in winter the foliage opens up the view from further back in the woods and the light made fallen leaves on the path look shiny - almost like a little stream. There is so little sunshine in winter that when it breaks through it brings out colour that has stayed hidden. 
This painting is one of those where I don't draw and the first washes are very wet and colourful. I paint in a conventional light to dark layered approach and then finish with small accents of either ink or gouache
Delivery is in a cardboard envelope and an acetate sleeve
 
Priced for you to pay what you can afford with a minimum £30 donation to The Kenilworth Centre. If you would like to pay more than £30 please get in touch and I will adjust the price before you purchase