Painting Makes Me Happy

Elevated Blues
(revised)

7x7"

oil on canvas

I was at the studio again this afternoon and first thing I did was tweak the painting I posted yesterday. I think I am much happier with it now. Initially I lightened the diagonal space between the clouds and lightened the sky above the right hand clouds (thanks Don, for your eyes). After I did that I still felt like it needed something so I added a puff of cloud in that space as well. I am happier with the overall effect now, although I may make the top of the new puffy cloud a bit whiter. Or not. We'll see.

I am hoping if I can get to the studio tomorrow that I will be able to finish my forest scene and post it. It is getting very close. I really want it to look like there is a spotlight on this one tree and section of moss, but it is hard to find the correct colour of the lit up tree. In my photo reference it just looks kind of white and overexposed so it isn't helping me much. I'll figure it out. As long as the whole thing doesn't look garish (my biggest fear with acrylics). Stay tuned... I'll be posting it soon for opinions.