Well this project has been much more difficult than i expected.  Trying to purposely paint not what i see but an impressionistic impression (of the bottom half of the painting) has taken much thinking and rethinking and repainting.  I keep slipping back into “realism”, or at least my facsmile of it.  This week in class teacher helped me understand better how to go about it.  Unfortunately, though i made good progress in class once i got the hang of a new brush stroke, i proceeded to undo most of my progress the next day.  So — the photo I’m posting is post- and pre-progress!

The brush stroke Ed suggested was in relation to the rocks .  He said forget about them being “rocks” and just let the paint brush go, but “pressing, moving and lifting”.

On the more “realistic” (upper) parts of the painting, i continue to try to get the values better.