SIGNS OF PROMISE

are starting to appear. It has taken some time to animate this painting but some graphic mark making has started to lift it. The quarry area has turned out to be the most tricky, there is hardly any tonal values in it to suggest the forms of the quarry, it consists of a marble like surface which is difficult to pin down. I shall persist with my proven trial and error methods.

Winter, near Thropton. Day 4