This month there is a contest about 'the most beautiful spot' in Papendrecht, where I live. To enter the contest you have to describe your favourite spot and/or make a photograph. As I am not a photographer (I do not have nice equipment, just a phone with a good camera inside) I went out to make a nice reference picture for a watercolour painting. As I have to make a picture of the painting to enter it to the competition I still am following the rules a bit.
I chose this spot, a 'meadow mill' in the park that is very close to my home.
I made several reference pictures, different angles, different distances, but in the end this one was the best. Of course I was lucky with the clouds on the left. My reference picture was made this month, so in winter and the large trees are still bare.
The little windmill was taken in backlight, but even in full sunlight it would be very very dark as it is painted almost black with some white spots.
The result of my work is what I hoped for and I submitted this work for the contest, hoping for....
The information about the materials I have used, the size and availability of this work and - if you are interested in my original artwork - my contact information can all be found in my Tumblr blog.
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