As I mentioned a few weeks ago in Colours and Textures, from our kitchen and bedroom windows we see fabulous sunrises behind the church and the beech trees for a couple of weeks leading up to Christmas and a couple of weeks afterwards, weather dependent.

The first I’ve seen this year was yesterday …

It was nothing like as dramatic as this one back in early January 2018…

…. which was marred by the scaffolding at the top of the church tower.

It must have been a good year, as another morning it was even reflecting off the wet roofs of the library and village hall.

I love the silhouettes against the sky. This one was taken on a college trip to Berlin when I was doing my degree, but I think it was probably a sunset. They all make me want to reproduce it in some way. Paint? Watercolour? Silk paint? Twisting wires? Cut paper? Stitch?

I did do a small series in acrylic paint when I was doing AS Art back in 2008, from photographs taken through the car window as we drove back from Birmingham while the sun was going down (several dozen, as the sky and light were constantly changing).

It’s a subject that has long caught my attention, and at this time of year sunrises and sunsets are probably the brighest colours we see in nature. In between doing things for Christmas, I really want to have a play somehow, more than just taking photos!