This is a small sketch/study I did last night and today. I spent about 7 hours on it in all. I didn't feel up to starting a large painting. Also, I wasn't sure it would work and I hoped a small study would help me decide.
It's rather dull (it's evening) but perhaps the background hills and sky lift it a bit. I'm still not sure whether it's worth doing a bigger version of it
Thanks for looking and commenting.

Rob
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Edit: It's only a study but just looked at the above photo again. It's an awful photo. I'll get a much better one in daylight with my camera tomorrow.
@toujours, it's about 6pm in summer so still daylight, and cloudy, so no moon.
It's partly the photo and partly the fact that it's dull light with not much colour. And I did it quickly so it's a lot rougher than my usual work. I'll play round with this some more. Unless I can get this small study to work I won't make a big painting of it.
Normally I wouldn't even have posted it but it's been so quiet here that I thought anything is better than nothing.
Thanks again for commenting.
I will have my portrait painting ready to post in a few days
It was the gently undulating 'flow' of the landforms that attracted me to this picture as much as the moody light. I'm glad it looks like Oz.
@Richard_P, I'm really looking forward to seeing your new one. But I must be patient. I sometimes forget that not everyone is retired and that they have busy lives beyond painting.
You sound like you are feeling better btw..
No, not feeling any better. I was hoping to get the stent removed this week but that's not going to happen for another ten days because the urologist has gone on holiday. I'm trying to find a new one. I'm still in pain and afraid of getting hooked on the morphine tablets so I only take a few every second day and take Ibuprofen and paracetamol on the off days. So, I'm either bombed out on morphine or in pain and unable to start a new big paining until this problem is resolved. Sorry to write about such misery but telling someone seems to help.
I love this one. It has a certain uncomplicated directness and purity, it coveys the Beauty of what it was like to be there at that moment. No purpose could be greater and nothing higher could be achieved by any landscape painting.
Like the quiet stillness and the fresh evening air it evokes... the pure uncomplicated distillation of beauty here is such that no more could be asked of the canvas and anything more would be an unwanted intrusion.
IMHO
Well done.
I wish and pray that everything gets sorted soon and a very quick recovery after the op..@tassieguy … take care.
I hope you enjoyed your trip away.
I guess that's the value of doing a small study. It's like 'try before you buy'; you can see if it's going to work as a full sized painting, or at least see what needs altering.
I've benefitted from everyone's comments on this little piece. Thanks heaps.
Just a thought. You may have already proceeded by now and only you know what should be or should not be painted.
The question is whether as an artist, you would want to paint it bigger AND whether your customers will allow you to change up your style a bit from time to time!
This little study is still leaning against the wall in my studio. It wants to be bigger and I'll probably give into it soon. It's one I'll do without caring whether it will sell. I'll do it for myself.