Recently I’ve been going out and about with my scaled down sketching kit, which consists of a handful of oil colours, a palette knife, a paper towel or two, and a 7x5 inch piece of Arches oil paper clipped to one corner of a palette, all tucked into a bag slung over my shoulder. (On the way home, I carry the palette with the wet sketch in my hand.)
On the early morning of new years eve I went out to the woodshed for an armload of wood, and saw the remains of the full moon creating its special glow behind the trees. Five minutes later I was back with my kit, but the moon had set. So this nocturne was painted in situ, but from short-term memory. Happy new year, one and all!