12 x 24 oil on linen canvas
This is the FINAL painting. Trees R HARD! Doing landscape right is HARD! You have to keep track of depth, form, where the light is falling, perspective, value and color - for each layer of recession. That's a bit easier to do in still life and when painting animals. And I can tell more painting on location is needed. I got this photo at dusk, but the sky was very bright and of course totally washed out in the photo. I'll keep plugging away until I get the hang of it because I'm hooked. I love visiting other blogs and seeing how much they've progressed over time. It gives me hope.
I think you've done a really nice job on this! And maybe you were too hard on yourself when it was in progress because that version looks good to me, too.
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Beautiful work!
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