Yay for long weekends! I have finished the painting. I’m calling it Summer Morning  – that’s the feeling I get from this scene. It’s a little humid, the rising sun is burning off the mist. The leaves aren’t all green – they know fall is coming. Stay tuned for the next wip! I had such [...]

Well I’m closing in on the end of the painting. I love the bright yellows and greens playing against the blue of the sky and the background foliage. I can’t imagine not working on this one anymore, but I think 2 more weekends and I’ll be done!

The trunk has arrived! Now I can almost get a sense of the final piece – I want to see some more trunk and finish off those foreground leaves. I want to convey one of those late summer mornings. The sun hasn’t yet burned the mist off. It will be hot later, but for now [...]

I got a fair bit done this weekend. I have only a little more of the background to go and then I can do the rest of the foreground leaves and then finally the trunk – yay I can’t believe I started this on January 19th – it’s been nearly 2 months! I want to [...]