Fallen tree in forest light



Usually I fuss and fret and wind up spending days on end adjusting and readjusting my work, but for some reason I've allowed myself the freedom to let things just "be". I've tried a new technique on the "Fallen tree in Forest Light" taken from a scene I shot while hiking in the fall . I began painting in my shapes and colors with my reference photo and canvas turned to their side instead of upright. This allowed me to concentrate on getting the light right instead of focusing on "what" I was painting. Once I got that down, I tried to keep my paints thin, to retain transparent color in the areas of light, deepening in the shadow areas with slightly thicker paint as well as using thicker paint for the fallen tree.

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