Today I did some painting! Photoshop painting mind you. The only painting I know anything about, actually. Even so, there was some extremely fun color blending and brush strokes, and I’m so very happy with how this is turning out. Those detailed clouds on the bottom right there, I love them so much.

I’m taking a break for now, and getting this post up and done so I have nothing else to do today (besides a hockey game to watch in a few hours) so I can get back to painting later on and not worry at all about this post. When I have things yet to be completed ahead of me, it’s a bit of a distraction.

The only thing that’s bothering me a little bit with this picture right now, is that the actual painted stuff is looking so good it’s making the black silhouette stand out too much. I may have to look up how to quiet a painted silhouette so it doesn’t jump out too much.

Now this is starting to look like a beach sunset! I absolutely love spending so much time with all the teeny tiny details. There’s just something really satisfying about starting off with a few brush strokes and eventually giving life to my idea. At first I’m worrying that it’s not looking quite right, but I keep pressing on. I guess just seeing it in my mind’s eye as I start small, I just have to believe that it will take shape eventually. I go along thinking like this for about an hour then I zoom out to see the full picture. Boom! Everything looks awesome. That looks like a palm tree and stuff! Especially when you see it full sized.