I was attracted to the reference photo because of the graduated layers of background—grass, road, more grass, sand, hill, sky—and the trees that pulled it all together.
The paper didn't like the amount of water I used in my Silver Black Velvet brush—it's happier with a tight, illustration-level painting—and as usual I had trouble conveying what I wanted to with the foliage. Trees are ridiculously hard to paint...at least for me. I never have gotten a feel for how much foliage should be defined and how much left amorphous and cloudy. But...I gave it a shot.
"30x21_Vista"—PJ watercolors in Bee mixed media sketchbook, 9x12 inches.
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