Day 5 of oil painting
Today I worked mostly on the foreground. I began painting the grass, I filled in more of the flowers, and look! - the happy tree leaves are showing up on the right hand side.
Day 6 of oil painting
Once again, I was thinking about the painting in the evening, and a basic rule that I wasn't implementing came to me - atmosphere. In the top image the background grass in the upper right was just as bright as the grass in the foreground. Today, I worked on pushing it back by applying a thin film of light blue-gray. That will also, ultimately, help to pop out and bring forward the happy Japanese Maple Tree branches on the right.
Next time I work on this piece, I'm hoping to finish. I'll add more leaves and detail to the branches on the right, and yes. . . add the splashes of water!
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