The title of this commissioned oil painting is Forrest’s Dream Cabin, so it is imperative that I move it from nightmare to dream status. Here is the next painting session of step by step improvement.
- Sky first, painted upside-down for easier reach.
2. The colors on my palette look so dull.
3. Water next. I could reach this part right-side up. 
4. Mountain and foreground branches
5. I want to start drawing with my paintbrush on the cabin detail, but I think the water and background mountain will need more layers first.
The colors are so much duller on screen than in real life. Forrest said, “it’s like a ghostly cabin is emerging out of the scene, nice!”
P.S.This is not a houseboat; it is a cabin on stilts in a lake in Northern Italy.