I started with a walk in lockdown. Along the valley facing my home.

Afon Mynach River.

The photograph is grided to help with placement and proportions for sketching.

My sketch to get tones, shapes and proportions .
Using a thinned down Wedgwood blue plot the shapes and tones onto a canvas.
Starting with sky and stream begin to match the tones of blues.
Add the darkest areas, in this one dark greens.
Start to fill in the foreground, with blocks of colour, faintly to start with, building up areas letting them dry between sessions.
Continue to build areas of colour, knowing that more will be added on top, so whilst it looks vivid it will disappear partly under the next layer.
Continue to add layers, this photograph shows how a bold colour becomes a background, still there and adding depth.
The river has been widened at the bottom of this one. Rocks in the river have begun to come into view as has the shale beach along the bank. The darkest areas have been toned down to blend into the painting.
The rocks and stones have gained more detail, the banks of the river have again been slightly altered with regard to the original photograph.