Gas Station challenge

Last Sunday I painted the petrol station at Carr's corner near Fort William in order to enter James Gurney's gouache competition. The challenge was to paint a gas station in  black and white gouache only . Not my normal subject matter but I managed to sneak some hills into the background ( Ben Nevis and  Melantee )  . I found it quite difficult  firstly painting in black and white secondly the gouache which was only my second attempt in the medium and also painting the cars which kept driving off !
Needless to say there were some brilliant entries so my picture didn't get anywhere. You can see the winners on gurneyjourney on Wednesday's post.