Pedrocut, at 87 YO I am way past braving the cold ! but I have over 12 sketch books containing sketches drawn over the last 40 years most of them containing colour notes plus literally 100's of photos I have taken or other people have taken (these I alter somewhat to avoid copyright infringement or make a summer pic a winter painting and visa versa). This particular painting was a downloaded pic which I have slightly altered and made it a bit more 'wintery'. I sometimes use members pics which appeal to me, usually Birmingham scenes and acknowledge the fact and make no commercial gain. There are a couple of Galleries who I occasionally paint commissions for but these are strictly my own work, this is the result of my 19 years as a member of the BWS (Birmingham Watercolour Society). Basically I just love painting. This particular painting will go in our next 'meet' raffle with 3 others. Eric