I live by a small section of pines, and those woods have been a friend to me for many years. This month, the owners of the land, a 'farm', they call it, came in and cut 90% of the trees. I could see those trees from both my studio and my marimba. I know that they will re-plant and in a few years they might even be as tall as me. But I really wish I hadn't read an article about how trees have heartbeats that move their sap around:( I miss my friends.
Anyway, now that they are gone, this background is a lot closer to what it really looks like now. Except the real thing isn't so thick. The upside is, it is helping me work the background in this painting. Posting it here helps, too. The last time I did, it helped me see that the front trees needed texture, and so did the middle ground. This is how it has changed since then. The right side is overexposed because guess what? Light is flooding in from my dear, empty woods.
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