Waterfall Fundy Park

This is the base layer, a thinned wash, on 18" x 24" stretched canvas.
The Artisan palette is a little different this time: Titanium White, Cad Yellow Pale Hue, Yellow Ochre, Sap Green, Cad Red Med Hue, Fr Ultramarine blue and Raw Umber. I needed to control the greens more this time, and the area at the top just cried out for yellow ochre.
Once it dries, I will start to work on areas of interest and details. This photo is about 1.5 hours in...

It's nice to see how you start a painting, especially a landscape like this one. I love waterfalls so it will be interesting to see this develop.

I am eagerly waiting to see how this will come together.

Nice start!

Boy have you been busy. Just can't keep a paint out of an artist's hands. Loking ood so far.
Judy

PS: I must have been really tired when I wrote this.

Thanks Jan, Faisal, Crystal and Judy. I will be learning about painting moving water in this one, and how moss needs to be represented. I had several days available to do some painting this week/weekend, so I made the most of it...

Finally had a chance to get back to this painting. Here are a few snapshots of today's progress:

Thanks for the progress photos. It is really starting to come together.

Love it even at this stage... Can't wait to see the end result...

Thanks Judy and Faisal. Maybe I will have time this weekend to continue...

Hope you're working on this, Alan, it's looking good.

Thanks Jan. I had a couple of hours available today, so I reacquainted myself with this painting. I worked on the banks and midground area, blocking in colour shapes. Lots more to do, maybe as soon as tomorrow.

The anticipation is building... Can't wait to see the end result...

Thanks Faisal. I am learning a ton with this painting. New subject, new techniques. Here is a newer progress snapshot, after 1.75 more hours of painting today (it's a long weekend in many provinces). The base layer of water is in, so I can go back to the stream banks next.

Better & better!

Looking good. I can feel the water flowing down a gentle winding path even with only the base layer.

PS: I'm off the road and settled in.

Hi Alan,

I am going to hold my precious comment for the finale... I know you are going to blow us away like you did with your seascapes.

Faisal

Thanks Jan, Judy and Faisal for your comments. I have 3 paintings in various stages of finish, so there is lots of learning to be done. Feels good.

An update on the waterfall painting. Another hour in; added rock in bottom left corner, and worked on the green on the right. sigh. Never enough time...

Here is a look at the 6" x 6" painting I worked on today for charity. It is finished, one hour total.
Not sure this will post; I am having issues with the site today. here goes

Very nicely done for a 1 hour painting. Quite good.

Both are looking good. Your creak in the original one is receding beautifully into the woods. The 1 hour one is also very good. It is amazing how you can still get the message across without taking days to paint. It gives a feeling of wilderness and freedom more so than the original one at this time. I'm sure it will go over well for the charity.

Thank you both for your comments. I hadn't worked on the larger version for several weeks, and the little 'quick sketch' session was just what I needed to get myself out of my stall. (thinking airplanes rather than horses, ha ha) Then I put in an hour on the larger one while I had the momentum.

I just love the feeling of texture in the small one.

I like this small one, Alan. Normally, I'm not a fan of a painting that's too impressionistic or abstract but this is just perfect. Hope it brings a ton at the charity event.