Day 2 of the PYH2021 challenge on Insta. This whole week, we were focused on “tiny landscapes,” with the prompt being “just put down some paint and see where it takes you.”
This one was interesting for me to work on because it was the first time I’d ever sat with a piece, looked at it, and then added a layer because it felt like it was missing something. Can you imagine what the foreground would look like without the front tip of a boat protruding into it?
It’s also the first time I deliberately added a “bloom” (or “cauliflower,” as some call them) to add texture. AND it’s the first time I turned a mistake into a purposeful thing.
The tree below started out as a major bleed of a rather wet puddle of red into the “sky.” I let it dry down 90% of the way and then went back with a water-only brush and started dabbing in foliage. That was a delightful moment when I “saved” the painting. I felt like Bob Ross. No mistakes, only happy accidents.
