Shades of River Cong

Notes in pigment from a year beside the river:

Experiments in colour drawn from repeated visits, observing how water, peat, sky and vegetation shift through light and season.

Testing blues and earth pigments to find the earthy winter greens of River Cong.

First gestures towards the river’s palette: moss, peat and shifting water-light.

Cooler Edge Investigations: mist, reflection, submerged tones.

Seasonal Ochre Studies: autumnal warmth, sediment, peat, late light.

Notes from the riverbed: peat, sediment and the warmth beneath the water.

Further sketchbook pages will be added as the year unfolds.