Crayfish and Leeches

The following painting was done last week, on a day that we spent playing in the river Ure, just outside Ripon. Archie and Hugo spent hours riding down the 'rapids' in inflatables, and catching crayfish...and a leech.
The painting was done quite quickly sat next to the car, before I joined them below the (Hewick) bridge. I didn't want to paint the bridge again as I did it twice last year (http://richardspainting.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/hewick-bridge-and-hewick-bridge.html), so chose instead a quick study looking across the fields towards Ripon.

 The view towards Ripon.

 One of the (American Signal) crayfish

The finished study.

Across The Fields Towards Ripon.