Painting on the spot

This is about the difference between being able to see the actual landscape and looking at it through the eye of the camera, but I find that the painting I did from the photograph was as much about my memory of the place as being there, minus the cold, rain and discomfort. So whilst it is probably less time consuming to do a painting on the spot, I am not sure whether for me it is such a great improvement.

Strangely my painting on the spot, though trying to be true to the place looks more like an old sepia photograph than the one before!

Painting from a photograph

This photo was taken at dusk, with the trees in silhouette, but I wanted to lift the Dairy from the bottom of the picture and bring the Rhododendrons in, so it all became much lighter.