Rolling Hills In Front Of Mtns (1st & 2nd try)

I have 2 photographs of the same painting in this blog.  The first photo is of the painting when I first tried to do it, about 4 months ago. ~~~>>>>

At this time, the painting seems sooooo difficult and I just couldn't get it looking right.  Those are supposed to be two mountains in the back, with a greener hill in front of them.  Then, coming from the R side is a hill covered in evergreen trees.  Then, there is the green grass up front.  On the L & R sides are two vacant places where two trees are supposed to go.  In this first attempt, I stopped before painting these trees.

In this attempt of the same painting, four months later, everything just fell in place.  I started it in the morning & by 1:30 pm, I was done and cleaning up.   LOL, I hope that the mountains look like mountains and that the hills look like hills this time around.  BTW, the little white looking trees are dogwoods. 

Today, Grover mentioned that I had painted a lot of trees and mountains.  When I thought about it, he was right.  So, this afternoon, I was looking in some art books and I found a nice sunset picture over the ocean that I'd like to try tomorrow. 

In preparation for that painting tomorrow, I painted a 12"  X  16"  stretched canvas with orange acrylic paint.  Next, I will be putting in the dark black and medium grey colors with black acrylic paint.  I kind of hate that part, but, in this particular painting, I think it will definitely work to my advantage.  The two under-coats in acrylic paint prepare the canvas for oil glazes over the acrylic paints. 

I'm excited about trying to paint a different kind of subject tomorrow.  Since I will be painting my first sunset and first ocean view near dark, painting it will be quite a challenge, but, one I'm ready to face.  I'll have to leave my comfort zone and venture out.   Yay!  So, don't be surprised if the painting tomorrow doesn't turn out too well.  With practice, they will get better!