Sky and clouds

My latest sky painting, of clouds sailing by on a summer day. It's was great fun painting this, very cheering.
(Please click on the image to see a larger view.)
It's a 12 x 16 oil painting on a deep canvas, and you can see it at http://www.etsy.com/listing/79885582/sky-clouds-original-oil-painting-12x16

Spring hilltop

The hilltop skyline and Hunting Tower at Chatsworth, seen on a fresh spring day. I thought a long horizontal format (8 x 16 inches) would be useful for this oil painting, which shows soft grey clouds sailing past. The trees are just starting to show some spring colour.

The Hunting Tower was constructed in the 1580s for Bess of Hardwick, as a summerhouse and possibly for the ladies to view hunting in the park at the foot of the hill (though it does seem to be a long way from the flat riverside area).

You can see this painting at http://www.etsy.com/listing/79889318/spring-hilltop-original-oil-painting

Meadow - four ACEOs

I painted these views of a meadow by the river at Cromford (Derbyshire), on a day last week when I went out to paint but found that I'd forgotten to take my brushes. These were painted with kitchen paper, blunt ends of pencils, and my fingertips, and are an attempt to convey an impression of being surrounded by lush long grass, and of the deep blue summer sky. I've added these four acrylic paintings in ACEO format (2 1/2 x 3 1/2/ inches) to my etsy shop, and they can be seen at http://www.etsy.com/shop/AzureDayArt?section_id=7411219