Bluebell Woods, Finished

I am so pleased to have this painting finished, it was a lot of work, with many twists and turns and a heck of a lot of learning in it!

The scene is of some beautiful traditional bluebell woods in Murthly, Perthshire, made famous by the pre-raphaelites, in particular, John Everett Millais who painted in Murthly.

And here it is in all its stages, missing out the scraped off, one step forward and two back, stages!

Bluebell Woods - Work in Progress

It has been a busy week here and little progress has been made on this painting, aren't these colours fun?

Here are the first few block in stages, I have worked a little on the background since this photo was taken and am now planning to work forward to complete the foreground.  There wa a set back with this during the week when I worked on the wooded area at the back and went to bed, thought about it and decided it wasn't right, so got up and wiped all that evening's work off!

I will be busy teaching tomorrow at my local guild of Spinners, Weavers and Dyers, but hope to get back to the painting on Sunday, bringing it to near conclusion I hope.

The piece is 12 x 12 oil on board.