Long week

[altivo]

Or at least it seems that way. Too tired for painting right now, don't want to mess anything up. I'm satisfied with the composition and background, but have the difficult foreground to put in next, and the effect of windblown snow to achieve, I hope.

Long weekend, yay. Much needed.

This weekend is the Great Backyard Bird Count, a once a year

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[mondhasen]

...but have the difficult foreground to put in next, and the effect of windblown snow to achieve, I hope.

I hurried a painting that I wanted to add a mysterious feel to, one of those 'deer in primaeval forest with ground mist' pictures. Sadly, it came out as 'deer lost somewhere in heavy fog.' I keep it for a lesson to practice with a technique before charging forward. ;o)

[altivo]

Well this one is hardly more than a "study" anyway, so no loss if it flops. I know I can do snow actually falling on the scene but that's not what I'm after. Instead I want that sort of ground fog effect of windblown powder, and just a little of it. I'm guessing it will best be achieved by "pulling" pigment after the primary details are already laid down. The wolves are running across a snow-covered, frozen lake inlet, with the snow swirling around their feet mostly.

[cabcat]

I'll help count the birds :D *ties a napkin around his neck and gets a knife and fork* as to your long weekend...booo I want a long weekend. What is this one in aid of?

[altivo]

Monday is Presidents' Day. We used to have two federal holidays in February: Lincoln's birthday (12th) and Washington's birthday (22nd.) Then they added Martin Luther King Jr. in January and merged the two presidents into one holiday in honor of all past presidents.

Unfortunately, the MLK day is still controversial, with many conservatives and especially southerners opposing it. So mostly it isn't observed except by the federal government itself and in some cities with large black populations.