UPDATE 2: Painting in Progress

Monday 31st December - 5 Hours

What with Christmas and all the hectic drama that comes along with that, today is the first time in nearly a month that I have had chance to work on the waterfall painting. After spending 5 hours painting in the foliage today, I sat back and looked at the painting and felt completely dejected - to me it looked exactly the same and I felt like I had wasted the entire afternoon.  However, after comparing the picture I had taken of the painting prior to starting and then the picture of where it stands now, it is incredible to see the difference between the two:

Before:

After:

The colours have been slightly distorted by the photograph, some of the greens are closer to that in the first picture than the second, but the difference between the 2 pictures has really shocked me. The picture overall looks a lot more realistic, and  whilst there's still a lot of work to be done, seeing the progress definitely helps to keep the motivation going!

I will hopefully have time to work on the painting tomorrow so there will be another update coming soon, but until then, I hope everyone has a great New Year!

Caroline

UPDATE: Painting in Progress

Day 3: Sunday 9th December - 3 - 4 hours

Since the last update to this post, this was the first time that I've felt ready to continue working on this painting.  I've spent a lot of time thinking about exactly how to add detail into the painting without it looking too odd, which is why I haven't achieved that much today considering how much time I actually spent working on the painting.  It is slowly coming along however, but there is still plenty more to do!

In the above photo you can see I've started to work on the background trees and also added a quick layer of dark tone to the foreground.

Working out where to add in the branches

Check back for more updates soon!

Caroline