I just finished the painting that I began as a demonstration on Saturday. I’ve made alot of changes, even though it may not be immediately obvious. I darkened and brightened the sky and work a lot on the clouds, trying to improve their shape and subtlety. I also changed the background mountain to a violet, after realizing that it was much too light.  Did a lot of work on the foreground trees and shadows. The large mass in the demo is too much and too dark. I made two trees and added shadow, then broke up the large shadow at bottom.  I also added more of the white on the lower left, to improve the shape of it. And, of course, I did more work on the poppies. I think I’m happy with it now, at last.

Painting at the completion of the demonstration

Poppy Field, 20 x 16, Pastelbord