French Alps

11x14. Oil on board. When I sketched I told myself I will avoid three things 1. the tall tree in the middle. 2. the two mountains meet in the middle. 3. the two rocks duplicated. After finished I just realized that all three things I want to avoid all happened and worst the top tree exactly on the between two mountains.

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Comment by Glenys Jones on August 17, 2015 at 18:11: this is wonderful Laura, loose, flowing and it works everywhere with great harmony of colour!

Comment by Ann Turner on August 17, 2015 at 18:04: Laura, this is one of my favorites from this workshop. Your painting is enthusiastic with a bold dash here and a strong stroke there. It looks like you painted with confidence. As the song says, "don't worry be happy"

Comment by Lori Ippolito on August 17, 2015 at 16:18: I just read something today about how we think of the things we TRY NOT to think about..it was a study that involved people being told to think of animals, but not to let themselves think of white bears...so the people wound up thinking of white bears!!! I guess when you told yourself what not to paint, your brain focused on those things and painted them!!! At any rate, in spite of your being unhappy with those things, you have done a lively painting with wonderful brushwork and colors!!

Comment by Laura Xu on August 17, 2015 at 12:09: Thank you Sherry, Michael, Silvana for your great encouragement! The board I used for the painting is made by myself. It is very smooth. It absorb oil very quickly and left the pigment paste on the surface. It is hard to blending mading soft during painting time or muddy. It force me to put color down and leave it alone. I will have to wait to dry little bit if I have to do some fix. Sorry michael, this is my lesson :)

Comment by Silvana M Albano on August 17, 2015 at 11:35: Super!

Comment by Michael J. Severin on August 17, 2015 at 10:53: Beautiful Laura!! ....How about giving me some lessons on your wonderful brushwork!!!

Comment by Sherry Hullender on August 17, 2015 at 10:21: Good work Laura, I love your brush strokes and your values, never mind the middle issues, it is almost impossible with this painting i think, maybe that was the challenge too, but it looks good.