Kipling Cotes Derby racecourse. Oil on stretched canvas 100 x 50cm

I set up the French easel and my collapsible folding table. Deciding to use only the primary colours of red yellow and blue, plus titanium white I began to set out the painting. Behind me the nearby road roared as large pantechnicans flew by, foot down in a hurry. It was a joy to meet a local farmer before working up the painting. This view looks back towards Enthorpe which is beyond and below the vanishing track. At this time the light was good and the air crystal clear, lack of wind making painting very pleasurable.