Painting Mineral King in the Studio

This is a commissioned oil painting of Mineral King. The Friend/Customer wanted a painting to fit a particular space and match some of her other paintings. This magical scene was her decision, and I am happy to comply.

Here we go, step by step.

From the top: the original reference photo, the reference photo that her other painting came from, first layer of the 6×18″ painting, a print of the other time I painted this scene.
What’s going on here? I already like the painting! Normally I just hold my nose (figuratively, not literally) at this stage of a painting.

Maybe something I learned in the plein air painting sessions is improving my studio painting. (Or maybe this is just a magical scene.)

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