At last, I've moved house! Really hoping it's going to be quiet. So far, so good (touch wood). Great space upstairs for painting with a north facing light and two large windows. Really looking forward to doing a bit of painting in there. Hoping to do some plein air work next week so I'll do my best to keep the blog updated.

A small and quick study after work at the end of the day. Took about 40 minutes and I liked the purity of the still reflection (although there's enough asymmetry to make it interesting). Also liking the diagonals and strong value pattern. Hardly a masterpiece but a useful exercise. I'm also doing plenty of drawing at the moment as this is helping to fine tune my visual perception. I'm finding that if I can do a little sketch each day then my mind becomes more efficient at processing visual information. It's also a good way to de-stress after working at the computer all day!! Anyway, here's the sketch with a detail study to show the brushwork: