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 not much but hand was steady enough to do work - still need add lightner to the trees, when is dry

 

 

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beginning the rock wall -

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more coloring of GULCH -

red earth, burnt umber, and raw sienna on the house

 

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 beginning highlighting the leaves of the tree in GULCH - close-up of area done today - yellow ochre and light green

 

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 next, highlighting the leaves

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 NEW YEAR, NEW WORK BEGUN... 32"x40"

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 and it is finished........

 

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 almost, but not quite......

 

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 slowly filling in the ground, a bit more erratically than initially intending, but it is what it is...

 

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 really wanted to go further today, but did not want to push my good stippling too far, so really getting into the fore of the foreground, and have turned to a slightly larger nib –

 

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 moving along in detailing the foreground, including grasses by the slab rocks...

 

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