1. Do I want to lighten the water to better match the 6x6 value study? YES, but not that bright, this is a different mood or time of day.
2. Do I want to become more literal in the grasses under the water in the foreground and, if I do that, will it be too much contrast in technique to the way the background was handled.
3. Do I want to add more details (those tempting peekholes) to the tree mass in the background?
4. Do I need to resolve the background shoreline vs the landmass in upper right? YES, done.
5. Do I want to add more clumps of grasses in lower right that would lighten the values in that corner?
6. Do I want to make the grasses curve around on the right upper? YES, done.
7. Do I know when to walk away? And, while I am away, I will use PhotoShop to make all the adjustments I have questions about to see if they work.
Notice that none of these questions is about color. I'm good with that because this painting is about creating mood with a very limited palette.
lovely. I am not usually a fan of winter paintings but the blues in this one make it uplifting.
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