It Only Took a Pandemic

Good morning, Readers!

So, I did it. I finally finished the painting I started last year. The one I turned around to face the wall for months because I hated it. That one.

I spent the entirety of yesterday finishing it off. And you know, I don't hate it. I'm not in love with it, but I don't hate it. For the first traditional painting I've done in many years, it's not terrible. It's took me more than a month to finish. Mind you, I was working on it only roughly an hour a day.

Anyway, below is the progression of the painting (starting from after I covered up the clouds that I despised so much).

Fixed the clouds. Debated whether or not to add the highlights, as I really liked the look of these clouds.

Added the highlights. Don't like it as much, but decided to go with it regardless.

Figured out the location and shape of the mountain range and blocked in the base colour. In the concept sketch I filled the valley with a pine forest. But I was far too lazy to paint that, so I made it foggy instead. Because I'm lazy.

Painted in the now-capped mountains and attempted to create a line of light from a weak setting sun. It didn't quite work, but still looked alright. So I left it.

Foreground done. I started off painting everything brown and farting around with paint. It looked like a amorphous blob, so I quit for the day and then, thinking about it all night, decided to do a shale cliff instead. It looked alright.

And then it was the end of the month, and the painting needed to get finished, so I spent literally all of yesterday until roughly 7:00pm painting (while also watching ​Avatar: The Last Airbender) to get it finished. And so here we are. The final form:

This one is a donation (more details to follow when they are revealed). I need to get it photographed properly so I can at least offer prints to sell. It's hard to shoot a fairly large acrylic on canvas in any kind of decent manner. Hopefully, I'll still have the canvas when I have the means to photograph it properly.

​Anyway, it's done. It only took a pandemic for me to get it done.

Right, so I completed my painting on time. But I've got other things that need completing before I can celebrate my accomplishments. So I'm off to go do those things.

​Ciao!