Four randomly selected sunset and dusk sketches of the Cape from October to January made over the past few years. Last October I finally completed the first part of a long-term project which involved sketching the Cape under every condition of lighting and weather with a view to having a series of paintings for every day of the year. For various reasons ( severe weather, real life getting in the way etc) some days missed in one year were taken up the following year ( or the next!) so the series is not strictly sequential. Having sometimes made more than one sketch a day I ended up with around 450 in all. My next task is to select 28 of these ( roughly 7 per season ) and work them up into larger finished studio paintings for the next stage which is where the really hard work will begin.

Plein air, all oil on board 6 x 8 inches