I felt that choice of outdoor subjects had been somewhat restricted by reduced access, mostly caused by short hours of daylight, cold wet weather and now floods. For example I couldn’t get close enough to the farm buildings I had intended to do some studies of, when I discovered the 
approach road was flooded. A roadside study in the car from a distance was as much as I could muster, but because of showery weather building details were lacking and other features seemed to take over – road, trees, hedgerows, hills, the buildings becoming just shapes far away. I wasn’t satisfied with my results, both technique and subject wise.
An alternative subject, using the health centre, a modern building as the main focus, came about by chance when I was waiting in the car outside Lidl in Mitchelstown and I decided to do a quick sketch on the spur of the moment. Being mindful of the emphasis on buildings in the instructions, I decided to turn my concentration to this and I felt happier to use it, having previously enjoyed doing quick sketches of this building when in the vicinity.
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