An English park

Trying to simplify this scene & emphasize what I liked about it, I went through a LOT of paint & still didn't get it right! I learned a lot about making mud & applying thick paint :) The workshop deadline has passed, so I am posting 2 photos, one is half way through (maybe I should have stopped there!) The 2nd photo is taken inside as it's a rainy day today. Hmmm......can't win 'em all!!!!
35 x 40
water soluble oil on canvas

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Comment by Jessica Futerman on November 25, 2014 at 21:54: Worked on this a bit more & posted a new photo below - taken in the sun, which came out today, so colour is a bit more accurate. Followed Lori's suggestion to make the background cooler & more abstract so it would recede. Changed the foreground line of the bank which was parallel to the canvas edge.

Comment by Jessica Futerman on November 25, 2014 at 21:51

Comment by Jessica Futerman on November 25, 2014 at 8:20: Thank you so much, for your encouraging comments, Laura, Lori & Silvana - it's especially nice to hear when this painting was such a difficult one! Yes, I loved the blue reflections in the winding creek & the sun on the river bank. But I don't think I simplified it much - I did try! It took me a long time to get all those greens looking like I wanted them, more or less :) Thanks for the suggestion about the background trees Lori - good idea.

Comment by Silvana M Albano on November 25, 2014 at 7:18: VERY NICE JESSICA!!! And I agree with Lori's suggestion.

Comment by Lori Ippolito on November 25, 2014 at 6:34: I like them Jess! ! I think if you 'blur' and cool the background trees a touch more to push them into the distance and make them a bit more abstract so they don't take the eye away from the creek..I'm thinking that winding creek is what drew you in? Love your water!

Comment by Laura Xu on November 25, 2014 at 5:38: Hi Jessica, I like both of them, but I like the first one better. The the sky, background trees water everything is fabulous!!! Very well done!