View from Brantwood, John Ruskin's Home, Coniston, Lake District Painting

Painted on location and finished off in the studio. Bizarre light effects on this day of sunny spells. The village and surrounding area was in shade and the mountains in full light. Cutting the picture in half horizontally. This is would be up there in the top five bad things to do in composing a picture. That may be true for conventional picturesque scenes. However, I like verisimilitude and the unexpected my work. Both you get in abundance when working directly with nature.