Blue Water

One of the things I'm still working on is keeping a smooth surface, for instance, the deep blue water with dark shadows of the trees. Black, like white is rarely simply black, it is a sumation of its surroundings. So the water at the bottom is deep blue and the black shadows is more of a deeper blue to almost black.

This may take a while

I seem to be working anti clockwise. I know I need to cover the whole canvas, I seem to be picking areas, I don't suppose it matters, I'll be doing the trees last. Barb has reminded me not to make this layer too thick - if you put the layers on too thick, the paint might crack.

Trying this at home

I've finally started my new at home painting, It's a photo taken in the gardens of Dunvegan castle Scotland.
The wonderful textures should keep me quiet for a while. So far I have drawn the shapes and started from the top left, I have worked on the worker's cottage and the background trees