Two pictures I painted today, the second is loosely based on the southern end of the Lairig Ghru, the first is entirely made up, so neither are sketches done from life.. The advantage of making up a scene is that it forces one to make decisions on tone and lighting rather than slavishly copying reality.Both pictures started off as watecolours but I added  acrylic body colour.I had difficulty deciding the tone of the river in the lower picture and I don't think I've got it quite right.