Hundred Steps meadow near Wem, North Shropshire

A hot hot day, I took a long cycle ride home from work, down the back lanes to 100 Steps on the Shropshire Way. The footpath of 100 stone steps leads down a hillside overgrown with hawthorn and hazel, across a meadow to the small River Roden. You could see the grass seed blowing across the meadow, and twinges of hayfever started to come over me. It's a lovely hidden hillside banked by a corridor of woodland, and the sound of water.

British Camp, Malvern - 28th June 2009

Another walk up to British Camp for tea and a cloudy view of the Malverns.

Hill view from Clissett Wood - 26th June 2009

Sat eating rice crackers and drinking red wine whilst painting this one from the edge of the wood.

Wheat field behind the house

A hot still evening, with few clouds and the smell of the green wheat in the air. I walked through the tracks in the wheat field to cheer myself up and spotted a hot air balloon (a virgin too). The first sketch was probably overworked, I stopped looking at the scene. The second was most interesting, really bold landscape shapes were all around me, and needed drawing. Must come out here again to paint for longer.

Fields around Whixall, Shropshire

View from Clissett Wood