"An artist must be able to render what he or she sees... either in real life or in his or her imagination. When the impressionists gained ascendancy in the late 19th Century, a common criticism was that their work was 'unfinished' and were merely sketches. But it was this 'roughness' that appealed to people."

"Another facet of this type of painting was the use of what's known as a 'limited palette' of colours. There are so many colours available to artists these days that it is often a temptation to 'collect' 20 or 30 different colours! Art colleges encourage a small range of colours from which an artist should be able to create a full rainbow of colours required. This image was not only a practice oil sketch, but was also an experiment with a limited palette. It was created in a little under an hour. Firstly, the canvas board was painted with a rough colour of acrylic raw sienna, then the image was sketched in about 10 minutes using a charcoal pencil and then the colours applied."

"The colours used are shown below."