Grahame Booth From Scrabo Hill, Early October, watercolour on Milford 140lb (300gsm) Not paper, 14¼x20in (38x51cm). ‘Although the early and middle days of autumn are not appreciably different from summer, strong greens are starting to fade and morning mist is a common feature. When I started painting this, I could barely see 100-metres in front of me, but I was pretty sure the mist would soon begin to disperse. The top half of this painting was basically painted wet in wet in order to give the suggestion of the retreating mist. The main problem with wet in wet is catching it at the right time. Too soon and the feature you have painted disappears, too late and you will get hard edges. Too soon is better as you can always try again.’
Grahame Booth Minnowburn, Early November, watercolour on Bockingford 200lb (425gsm) Not paper, 14¼x20in (38x51cm). ‘Minnowburn is an area close to Belfast, famous for its beech trees and in a good autumn, the colours are spectacular. The hot orange-reds are the most eye-catching partly because of the complementary purples all around but this is one of my few paintings that probably contains every colour in my paintbox (usually a maximum of 10).’