I stood for ages looking at the sunset, the sky a clear wintry yellow colour and the trees across the water were dark by contrast. I tried to find a way of describing the colour of the sky, ‘banana’ or ‘straw’ yellow didn’t do it – maybe because neither suggest cold, and it was a cold evening. I eventually decided on ‘citrine’.

This was the original photograph:

And the painting:

Not a bad effort – maybe a 6 or 7/10? Progress anyway so quite pleased.