#112 6/3/19 Landscape

I pass this scene on my way back and forth to work.  It's the non-stinky farm, just beyond the 4-way stop at the stinky farm.  The stinky farm has cows, and the farmers are excellent stewards of the cow manure.  I am sure they are using it to maximum advantage....or maybe they're not, and that's why it is such a noticeable odor all year long???  In any case, I pulled over on my way home last week to snap a picture of my favorite gentle rolling hill....just beyond you can see buildings from a third farm, which I didn't really intend to be in the photo, but there it was, so I included some of it in the painting (a teeny tiny structure).  The grass in the foreground was my big challenge.  I started there, and didn't like it at all, so I moved to other green sections, adding and subtracting lemon yellow.  That went well, so I put in the brown knoll and then the tan cut field just on the other side of the wire fence.  That went well, so I added the trees in the distance.  This is where I thought, "Yes, it is my favorite rolling hill!"  It's a 6 inch square canvas that I had painted turquoise blue a few weeks ago.  The sky underneath the clouds is simply the roughed in background turquoise.  I feel a bit like I'm cheating because I'm not going to paint between the clouds...because I think it will probably ruin my nice clouds.  But the nice thing about this oil-painting business: I can fix it later if I want!