Winter creek

Jumping from one thing to another these days....from realistic CP-drawings to landscape in pastel. Over at my favorite artist-community on web "Wet Canvas" I joined a class on painting snow. So much fun, and a wonderful teacher giving us critiques. I've talked about me being landscape-challenged before, but determined to figure out the tricks. Being the realist I am, it is a difficult transition to make. Different technique, different approach - I guess all in all different way of thinking and seeing. Working from a photo I've kept in my reference library, cropping and playing with composition, and playing with colors I've not used before. What I have here is a good composition, and also some good color combo's. Of course, hard to keep away from details, but I've managed to keep it down and let the composition do the work. Pleased so far, but stil have some finishes to do. I'm not happy with the shadow from the telephone pole, gonna push it way back. It kinda adds to an abstract feel to the painting, but are now competing with the focal point - the grasses in the creek. And I'll do some thinking - where did the rabbit go......?

Soft pastels on Wallis, appr. 16x14"