Another meeting of the UK plein Air Society proved a very enjoyable day, blessed with great weather. After starting the meet with a coffee together at the British Camp Hotel, catching up, and getting aquainted with new members etc., we climbed, recovered our breath(!), and painted towards the North first, with a view one of the peaks above Malvern Town ( the town is below the peak to the right and out of the picture)
We'd all set up first on the NE side looking towards the Beacon peak. Peter Cronin - foreground, Roy Wilkinson - far left, Anthony Bridge - far right, GlynisDray - has just been checking progress on the others and heading back to her easel,
Moving round the ramparts, a longish walk to the South showed another stunning view from the Black Mountains and round towards Cheltenham and Gloucester. At the new site, I always seem to be the last to settle and start painting, with the wide choice of open vista. I could see rain towards the Black Mountains so turned my back to that to include the southern tip of the hills; this painting is a bit literal but I couldn't resist adding colleagues at their work; Roy Wilkinson and Anthony Bridge, perched against the skyline. . We could see rain in the north, felt a few scattered drops but the raincloud barely missed us and I heard they's had a good downpour in Malvern. Lucky - it is very exposed on the hill.
My easel, just before packing up at 4.50pm, the models (posing for free) had long gone for coffee at the hotel a mile or so below so I had to hurry to catch up.