COMPOSITION
There is nothing more fundamental to a successful landscape painting than good composition, and a digital camera is particularly useful to me as a compositional aid. It can also help capture a moment of inspiration and record details, but often there will be aspects of the light effect or atmosphere particularly, which do not come across well from a quick snap, or even several photographs. I think this is probably a good thing, because it leaves more for you to interpret as an artist, in partnership with your chosen medium.
Out walking on a grey spring morning in Carmarthenshire, there was little light and shade, but it was beautiful nonetheless and, looking back as I walked down the lane, I was particularly struck by an interestingly old tree (seen on the left of the photograph, above). By moving about
