Stages of a Painting

Here is my latest marsh painting while it was in progress:

"Onward & Upward" 36x36

stage 1 - drawing with paint

2 - block in marsh

3 - alla prima sky

4 -grass & water

5 - finished foreground

Painting in Progress

stages of an oil landscape painting: Quiet Garden, 30x40. This is a garden full of blooming azaleas at Christchurch on Saint Simons Island, Georgia.

stage 1: drawing with thinned Raw Umber

stage 2 - blocking in the background

stage 3: working forward/adding detail