There’s nothing like getting out there and capturing reality in paint on site but plein air painting does come with some drawbacks…

These little critters decided to pay me a visit, en masse,  and were apparently very fond of my half-finished – and still very wet – oil painting. They liked to bite too!

They seemed to be mostly attracted to the brighter paint in the finished sky so I left them to it and picked them out when I got home. There was no time to waste on site messing with midges, the light was changing fast and there was a lot happening in this scene.

Here’s the finished painting, complete with midges. Don’t forget to click the images for a bigger pic.