Postcard Challenge - England

A little later than planned, I finally finished my England postcard. I steered clear of all the stereotypes like cups of tea and bowler hats and went for a countryside scene instead.

When it comes to English artists, top of the list for me is David Hockney. I knew he'd done a lot of countryside pieces recently, using his iPad, but I wanted to see if he'd touched on this in any of his older work. I found a couple of perfect images to inspire me and ended up going with 'Road across the Wolds' from 1997. This is Hockney's original...

...and my rather poor tribute...

I wish I had been able to capture the vibrancy of the original but until I own the full palette of Promarkers (yeh right!) I have to make do with the limited colours I own.

I love the patchwork of fields showing various crops and those hay bales. This really sums up England to me.

Here's the reverse of the card...