Back to Painting 2 and Stash

Last time I stopped working on my painting, it looked like this:

Truth be told, I was fearful of tackling the water.......

So the painting hid away in the cupboard for a week or so

and then I took it out to study it.


I decided the background trees were too yellow, and the rocks there were too golden.

So I dropped in some cobalt blue to set the trees into the background, and added some to the rocks. Branches appeared on the right with a darkening of the small dirt hill.

Then I added some more colour to the rocks in the middle ground, and added some to the foreground boulder. 

I wanted to add a bit of texture to the boulder, so dabbed on different rock colours, topped it with a layer of plastic wrap and smooshed it around (don't you love that technical term? lol) to create wrinkles in the plastic.

drying

here's how it looked once the paint was dry and the wrap removed

I added more greenery, softened the little earth hill in the middle ground, darkened the boulder base, and began to add the water


oh, no! look at my goof! the water on the hills in the background should be flowing downhill
What did I do?
First, I put in some blue--wrong! it should be brownish and/or greenish. What was I thinking?!
And I put it in flowing side to side--wrong again!
argh!
I tried to remove it. hmmm. Then I tried to cover it. no good.

I removed some of the colour from the rocks along the river to add highlights, and then I added some colour to the water. It still needs a lot of work.

Lastly, I applied a thin layer of gesso to white out my 'blue' water. Once it's dry, I can try again.

I got some new stash in the mail!
Luscious threads and fibers and silk ribbon.
Wildflower, perle, silk, and rayon thread goodies.

The fiber bundles unwound look so pretty!


I'm looking forward to playing with them all!


Hope you have time to play this weekend.

Thanks for visiting.
Hugs from Suz