This was  an opportunity too good to miss – The historic Earnslaw of Queenstown and the Arrowtown Miners band together on the steamer warf.It will be a challenge.

The drawing and wash of alizarin crimson has been done.

I have added warmth to the sky and highlights on the mountains and worked on the foreground rocks and water.

The black background has been good for this area however I think I will stick to white canvas in future.

Starting to get some detail into the painting .

Painting in the rocks – some of which will be covered with a blue wash later

to look as though they are under the water.

I have never painted on a black background before and am finding it hard at first to see the colour on the canvas.

I have roughly blocked in my composition .

The Remarkables were too close so I have gone over them with a blue wash to put them more in the distance.

This is a very small painting – 330mm  x 240mm

This painting is small – 42 cm x 42 cm.

Have added the water and shape into the boat.

This is a small painting of Lake Johnson near Queenstown.

Stage one

The Cattle have been added and more detail to the foreground and hills.

I put more blue grey into the sky to tone down the pink and repeated the colour in the pond.

Today I have worked on the mountains and hills

creating distance and detail. A pond has been added to the foreground.

I have painted the sky and blocked in the rest of the painting with back ground colour.