I had a week’s holiday recently beside the Fal River, a little further west in Cornwall than my usual haunts. It was lovely to wake and see the tide from the window. This first image I painted from life, first thing in the morning, before the early clouds cleared, when everything was silvery-blue with just a hint of pink. 
This is an early morning scene too, but it was SO early that I took a quick photo of the wonderful sky and the leaves outlined dark against it, and then painted it later. The result was more polished, but I’m not sure I don’t prefer the first and more subtle image above. (My husband likes the bright colours better though!)
