This is a view that I noticed last summer but it is much better when the leaves have fallen! The narrow shaft of light passing between the buildings and lighting the grass, walls and especially the tree on the left was the inspiration so I broke my normal rules about not leaving any part of the painting behind by stating this narrow strip before anything else to make sure the tones and colours were right.

It was lucky that I did as the sun went in shortly afterwards! They say that rules are made to be broken!