Maitai valley in spring

Really I don't know what possesses me at times. Spring is a difficult season at best, and to choose to paint back lit foliage, contra jour, is simply asking for trouble.
As it happens, it all worked out in the end, but mainly because I was lucky in that the declining sun gradually spread a lovely translucent shadow over the shingle banks.
Oh well, that is what happens sometimes when you are out painting. All,the little ducks line up in a row. (Don't look for ducks in my painting. It's a metaphor) grin.
However, I think I'm going to have to add lemon yellow to my palette if I'm to continue to paint back lit willows in spring.


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