Canadian Rockies

After running errands today, I worked on this small study.  It is of the Canadian Rockies in the Alberta area.  I tried harder to get my colors correct the first time so I will have to do less adjustments.  I partially succeeded bt I will have to still work the trees, the river and the mountain shadows.

Canadian Rockies Frozen Lake - Block-in

Tonight's Oil Painting is a block-in of a scene from the Canadian Rockies.  I will need to adjust the trees and I will need to work the cliffs some.

Snowy Creek - Block-in plus

I have not posted this before.  I did an initial block-in but I was un happy with it.  Tonight I worked it over a bit.  I changed the snow, the creek reflection, and I tweaked the snow slope and sky.  I will add more trees to the right middle ground but I need to be satisfied with the background sky and slope.  It will need some work, but this is part of the new year 7 days of painting every night.

Snowy River - Update

Tonight I worked on developing this block-in further.  You can see the differences between them.  I refined the trees on both sides of the river.  I worked on the shadows on the banks and I worked on the brush clumps.  I added reflections to the river and a little reflection of current midstream.  I will add more branches to the riverside pine tree later.

Snowy River Valley - Update

I worked on this Winter scene.  I darkened the river, improved the snow on both sides, and I totally changed the trees in both the foreground and background.  I will finish this by refining the close trees and the grass/brush clumps.

Winter Stream Twilight Study - Update

I did the initial block-in o this small study in November and just now have circled back on it to rework it.  I mostly worked the water and the left snow bank in the shadows.  I also added to the foliage and added snow to the branches across all the trees and brush.  This is mostly done except for some brush to anchor the left snow bank.

High Mountain Stream

I blocked this in earlier in December, so today I revisited it.  I added depth to the water, the trees, and I changed the sky a little bit.  I added snow to the branches.  I think this is pretty close, but I will let it rest and then I will make the final changes with these questions? Darker or lighter? Warmer or Cooler color?