Part II - painting #1 - week 2 - almost there

I didn't have much opportunity to paint on this particular painting until today, I worked the Gallery today and managed to get about 3-1/2 hours of solid painting time. I really feel that the trees are done, I like the way they turned out. I wasn't sure how I was going to approach the pine trees, I really didn't want to paint all those needles, and my silly brain still wants to put all that information in, I don't know why, I just can't infer it, I must put those needles in, but I found a mini fan brush that really worked for me, I used the gouache again, I think I'm stuck on that, can't seem to make myself go back to the transparent watercolors completely, I did use them on this, but those opaques really call my name. Any way, I finished the trees, then I worked on the middle ground water a bit, and the rocks, I do need to work on the right hand corner more, and I do need to finish the drift wood that is piled up on the rocks,I think I can finish this one soon, I'm going to try to finish it on Friday, that is if they don't press me to work on that poster for Tibbits, I really thought that I'd hear from them my now, but, no, they haven't made an attempt to contact me yet, hopefully I'll find out something soon, well, I'm signing off, I hope you can see the difference on this, I think it's getting much better.