“Tree in spring”
Salisbury is a lovely medieval cathedral city in Southwest England, situated in Wiltshire. It is 9 miles south from Stonehenge and is famous for being home to the tallest cathedral spire in England (123 m). Along with the tallest spire, the 13th century cathedral has an original copy of the Magna Carta and a working 14th century clock. Many pubs are scattered around the city and many buildings are reputed to be haunted. There are not many parks in Salisbury, but lots of green patches with trees shrubs and flowers. And obviously, the beautiful banks of river Avon.
We love walking in Salisbury and sometimes we take photos, one of them taken this spring inspired the painting I did this week.
For the sky I used kings blue from Michael Harding in the underpainting and Cerulean blue with a touch of Prussian blue for the layers, clouds done with warm white and some neutral grey. All the greens are done with combinations of 3 blues (kings blue, Prussian blue and cerulean) with 3 yellows (light, medium and deep).
So, here it is:
“Tree in spring”
Oil on linen
30 X 40cm (12” X 16”)
