Thorn tree in blossom by the side of the cycle path back from Danish camp. Late afternoon, looking west into a pink sky with mauve clouds. Fence post and wire in foreground. This was an experiment using Chinese white as body colour on green paper. The white flowers were slightly darker - and bluer - than the sky, but lighter than the grass. As I cycled back through Priory Country Park, the blossom was glowing on the trees, and the air was pungent with that cyanide-like smell of acid drops. |