This is the first painting of my day in East Texas. I forgot to mention yesterday that I spent one hour on that painting. I spent two hours on this one. I think that the rule, faster is better, worked out here. However, this was a confusing view and I spent some time keeping my branches sorted out. I'm considering making larger paintints of one if not all of these views.
This is the second painting I did in East Texas. The water was brackish (sorry Bambi) and the most lovely brown color I've ever seen. But I added the blue so it would be understood to be water in the painting.