Well, I did this one by myself, I have tried to adapt a little impressionism, Getting the depth was a challenge, I think I'll try another scene and try a little harder to make it more impressionistic, trying to loosen up, I get caught up on a small area. This is a 16x20, maybe I'll go bigger

Final Cottage at castle

I know in my mind I've finished because I've signed it.
So here 'tis Barb. I'll tell you what I did, Those leaves at the front, I did them in stages. I left the edges of the leaves bright green to make them stand out. I didn't like them for a long time and I've probably got too many layers on it. The argument in my head is I want them to stand out, but they don't in the original photo
In the river, because it is light, I used grey and blue to give ripples and movement. Put a darker grey on a few of the rocks to help with the perception of distance

Half way there. So I've covered the board and I'm working my way around the big tree on the top right. I'm going to start with the closer folaige now. The next set of leaves will be brighter, closer and sharper, hopefully giving the tree dimension and shape.

I have finally finished my puffin painting most of the grass and flowers were done with a 6 round. It took 3 goes to get some of the flowers white.