Prelim & Finished Painting of Mount Moran/ Tetons

(above) Preliminary Painting
9x12 oil on panel $250

The girl's went to see WALL-E. Didn't sound too excited about it. I took care of baby and finished a painting. I feel better now. Like I said before, mountains aren't my thing, but it's a memory of our fabulous vacation this summer. I struggled with the whites because they weren't white at all. They were blue/greyish whites. I guess because of the big cloud hovering above. I try to paint what's there, elaborating a little as I go. I think it needs a moose at the water's edge. What do you think?

Plans for today:

The kids are headed to the movies, so I plan to paint today. I started a sketch of Mount Moran in Grand Tetons. We just returned from Yellowstone (an AMAZING place), so I have a plethora of painting material! It may not be the water/marsh scenes I planned, but it doesn't matter to me. Paint is paint and I'm itching to paint! Mountains are very new to me, living on the Gulf Coast, but I'll make a stab at it and see how it works! Prelim sketch due today.