There are several things I liked about this painting. The shading in the sky comes accross quite nice. I like how I did the moon. My favorite thing about it however is I did the stars originally with acrylic after applying black gesso to make the canvas black. I let that dry completely then applied a glaze of pthalo and ultramarine blue. Thus turning the stars blue. I then did the moon/shading in the sky and finally I flicked white stars ontop of it all. It's subtle, and you can't tell from the picture. But when you view it it really gives the sky a new dimension with some stars shining brighter than others. I kept the contrast towards the outer edges as thats where its the darkest and you'd see them more. I also liked the closest tree, and I'm a bit happier with the way my evergreens are coming out. The mountains were alright, I like doing them with the filbert brush.
After this I decided to add some finishing touches. You can really see how things mellowed out after drying.
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