Now that the paper has dried I feel that I need to establish the house and outbuildings being very careful not to overdo it. To do this I mix a weak wash of Light Red and a little Cadmium Yellow and apply a wash to the buildings, as the first wash settles I add some stronger colour into it to give a 'patchy' appearance. The surrounding trees need to be established now as well so I mix some Prussian Blue with a tiny amount of Cadmium Yellow and apply the wash to all of the background and start to sweep the wash down towards the foreground. I can now add a little Burnt Umber into the mixture to darken small areas. At this point I want to establish the stone wall to the left and to do this I use Light Red and Cobalt Blue, the resulting mixture is a pleasant grey. While that is left to dry I apply the same but weaker mix to the windows and the roof of the buildings. What I must do now is define the fence to the right because it is in danger of getting lost. I also add a few brush strokes of green to the foreground I now need to let it all dry again. Again as it dries I am amazed to see that it is not as dark as I first intended.