Work In Progress: Glade Creek Grist Mill, Update 17             Just received the painting back from the printer, who made a digital image for me. There was little to finish up from last week, mainly in the lower right corner. There, the snow was piling up at the base of the trunks of the trees. […]

Work In Progress: Glade Creek Grist Mill, Update 16  Nearly finished! Much of the foliage of the hemlock has been added, as well as the trunks of the other two trees. When the background woodlands and sky were added way back I the beginning, I masked out the trunks and most of the branches of […]

Work In Progress: Glade Creek Grist Mill, Update 15              I got a bit further than I thought I would over the past week. I made changes to the evergreen trees on the left, completed nearly all of the waterfall, added more of the frozen creek near the bottom and began painting in the hemlock […]

Work In Progress: Glade Creek Grist Mill, Update 14              I was finally able to get some time in this past weekend to do some work on the painting. I finished up on the conifers on the left and made some progress on the snow, rocks and frozen creek on the bottom left. More paynes […]

Work In Progress: Glade Creek Grist Mill, Update 13              In the last week I’ve begun work on the fir trees on the left. I was anxious to get them in because they impact the mass of shrubs under the bridge. The abrupt stop of the shrub mass on its left edge was bothering me […]

Work In Progress: Glade Creek Grist Mill, Update 12             After getting in most of the waterfall, I felt that I would get to work on the left side. The bank of the creek as well as the evergreen trees would be the focus of my efforts for the next couple of weeks. The mass […]

Work In Progress: Glade Creek Grist Mill, Update 11 Last week I discussed detail in my paintings and put forward an argument for why detail needs to be saved for the most important areas. Detail in the main subject is important because it keeps focus in that area. Detail elsewhere can be distracting. That argument […]

Work In Progress: Glade Creek Grist Mill, Update 10             Using the full scale drawing as a guide I first drew in the large shrub in front of the Mill. Then, I masked out some irregular splotches to indicate snow. When the masking fluid was dry I painted in the foliage of the evergreen shrub […]

Work In Progress: Glade Creek Grist Mill, Update 9 Painting the Mill is definitely the most interesting part of the project so far. It’s the focus of all the work. It’s the focal point of the painting – the main reason for the painting. It’s the subject that will have the greatest detail and – […]

Now that the background sky is in, the next step is to add the background trees. The background trees are important as a backdrop for the Mill but not important in themselves. Therefore, I don’t want a lot of detail in the trees. I want them suggested but not the star of the painting. The […]