Roy Connelly

I spent the yesterday painting the snow at Harefield, Great Missenden and  somewhere in the Chilterns (above) – warming up in the car as I travelled between locations.

The wet snow was mixing with the paint on my palette.  Titanium white soon resembled ice cream and my brushes froze but it was a good day.

I will post some photos of the paintings later.

Exhibition preparations were put on hold yesterday because it snowed.  I spent the whole day out painting instead of framing and labeling pictures.  The painting above was one of five.  It measures 16 x 20 inches and is in oil on board.

Last month’s snow was a gift to landscape painters. As I have been painting outside throughout the winter, it was good to see a snowy landscape at last.
This is my typical set up when painting out on location. I use a half box French easel to hold the small boards or larger canvases. The drawer of the easel stores my paints and the folding palette fits on top of the open drawer.
Everything I need – boards, brushes, palette knives, thinners, rags, storage box for wet paintings and, most importantly, my lunch – goes in the bag.