Obviously, my attempt at that lovely grass did not come off well using a fan brush. I think that may have more to do with my inexperience with the brush then the brush is fault! I do seem to recall, though that there is another kind of brush that’s supposed to work for painting grass, and I think it might have worked better. But I don’t have one! :-) Suggestions are appreciated. As to what happened with the grass, I think the fan brush created more of a fun missed effect as opposed to individual grass stocks, and thus ended up making the squash in yellows and very pale yellows just mud against the black background. I played around with it a little to see if I could rescue it, but I’m not surethat it was very successfully done. I certainly would hope I could do better.

I understand why artists paint the same thing over and over. There are so many things I could have done better or that I didn't see the first time. Ugh! Any tips on painting "glow" is appreciated. I started out trying to do a two color painting. Oh hell, that just blew up.

Posting the video soon

Technically it's pen & ink and two colors. Sorry about the shadow; the lighting wasn't good.

Good evening! This afternoon I tried working on one of the suggested landscapes that Joey published earlier in the week, and here’s my take on the trees in fog. I had fun painting it! Never tried using just one color to make a whole picture. Wow! That was way easier than I thought it might be!