A picture in three stages…

My lovely husband asked me recently if I would paint him a picture of a local tower, for him to hang on the wall of his office. He took the following photo to inspire me :

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I wasn’t quite sure how I would recreate this and so my initial attempt is very simplistic:

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I was pleased with the colour mixes and surprised myself by actually leaving some white on the paper. I was however, convinced that I should paint something a little more abstract. This is the result:

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I’m really pleasantly surprised by this result. I’ve not yet shown it to my husband, I hope he will like it.