So I finished one birch tonight and started detailing several more and I am really starting to get into this painting. I am loving the detail. I put in some happy little grasses at the base of the tree and some happy little shadowy trees in the distanceand it is getting some real depth. Birches are such fun trees to paint. Jim thinks that sleeping on the couch is being my muse. Well at least he didnt go to bed on me. I think I am about more than a 1/4 of the way through detailing the birches and I will be putting in the shadowy trees in the background as a go. The grasses look really nice at the bases but the photo doesnt do it justice. Kind of shows up a lot more with the camera than it in reality does. I like the subtlety more. Same with the shadowy trees. It really is something more to see in person but this is my only mode of showing people. So enjoy. Hopefully I will paint tomorrow. 
Beautiful. I love watching it come together. Almost like going for the ultrasound when pregnant. You are never really quite sure what the end product will be but you get a glimpse of something very special as it developes.
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