Trying New Things

In this one I tried getting the pine trees down, did a lot better in my opinion. Got some more un-still water going in the foreground, tried a cabin for the first time. Did some bigger fluffier clouds.

Depth

This was my first time painting on an 18 X 24 inch canvas. Loved it. There was more room to work with, and things seemed to flow a bit easier. I liked the clouds in this one, combined with the mountain, and some of them showing from behind in the valleys of the peaks. Made it a bit interesting.

I decided to try out a little wilder mountain pattern this time. I felt confident enough it would come out looking decent in the end.

At this point I was pretty darn happy with how the mountains were coming out. Next came the highlights.

Halfway through the mountain highlights. I was pretty pleased thus far.

I believe these are the best mountains I've ever done, not just straight shots, really a range that had a bit of interesting things going on.

Next I went for some way distant foothils with a lavender color, and then a bit darked in front for the way distant pine trees.

I've become a lot happier with my pine trees so I figured I'd give them another shot.

After they were all put in.

The beginnings of more land masses.

I wasn't quite as interested in the water lines this time. But I put a few in.

I decided to put some stones in the water, wasn't super happy with them because the color I used was to light. I added a bit darker on for some of them. Haven't done those before. Also put some more grass.

I added a couple sticks and twigs in there and called it finished. Overall I was real happy with the mountains, clouds, distant trees, distant foothill, the furthest pine trees and the water color on the right hand side. I didn't like the closest land masses as much, and I need to thin my paint a bit more before trying to highlight the pine trees. Overall I was pretty happy with it.