Today I was in the mood for more acrylic painting. And the first thing that popped into my head was the image of the Glenorchy boathouse in New Zealand. I had thought initially that I would be painting that, and I searched through my old stash of New Zealand pictures from 2019. Here is the picture:
However, I had second thoughts. Not really sure why; either a lack of confidence or just suddenly not feeling it. But I was still looking to paint some landscape.
Then I found this simple photograph:
Simple to break down and study, and a perfect subject for a sketchbook piece. It was quite fun to paint this. Mostly going between blues and browns, with lots of whites for the highlights and a bit of blacks here and there for shadows. The grass in the marshes took the longest to get right, because I didn't quite know what worked best there. I had to play around a little bit, and after several repaint efforts, I finally got to what I think looks alright.
So, here is the final piece:
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