Molly and I decided to try a local National Trust property for the first time – Hatchlands. It has a dog friendly walk of about 4km and as it was a beautiful day it was a great opportunity to take pictures for art inspiration.

I’m trying out new techniques with my watercolours and also looking closer at composition. So the scene I chose needed to have distance, colour range and if possible water. Molly discovered this pond and it was an ideal subject to test these ideas out.