Michelle Joelle is painting a series of pictures over 30 days. Be sure to check them out. This is one of the best ones.
Welcome to 30 Days of Painting, my month long commitment to completing one painting project per day in the hopes of becoming more comfortable with the brush.
Day 20: Soybean Field
Today I went back to my roots and gobbed acrylic paint on a canvas at will. What I miss most when I’m doing a water color is the ability to layer, layer, layer. I decided to really go for it, and try to paint a soybean field with some shadows on it.
The first layer was pretty simple:
Then I started to change up the colors a bit and add details. The soybeans took for-ev-er, but I really like how they came out:
Then I added the final touches, and I really regret that tree sticking up on the left. I could probably fix it, but I’m afraid I’ll just make it worse at this point. There always…
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