It can be hard to judge when to stop working on a painting, to decide that you're simply fiddling and not improving anything. The photo shows what the Klimt-style tree painting looked like when I stopped working on it. Judging it after a week or so, I think it could be developed further still, making the tree trunks more individual and the ones at the back narrower.
However, I'm not going to do anything to this particular painting. Instead I'm going to paint another version, using the same size canvas and colors, building on what I learned from this painting in the next. But first it's time for another trip to the forest with my sketchbook, time for observing and absorbing. Then it'll be back to the easel.
