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.

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

So, here's my 'serious' painting, well, as serious as Puffins can get, I've gotten a little carried away, the one flying in is made a little out of focus, his little legs really were hanging just like that.

My son has been asking me to paint a picture for him. His requests change with his moods but when he saw I was painting Puffins he wanted one, then he says and a pony. Sarcastically, I put this together to which he announced 'Oh yeah, that's gold I want that.' As I started to draw it up he then decided it need a highland cow in the background. So there you are. A puffin on a pony's nose with a highland cow. It's not quite finished, the pony needs whiskers :)