Adding color, texture, adjusting composition for balance

At this point in the piece there is more color added to all the fields in the foreground, giving them more solidity and believability.  The sky has been filled in using a gradient blue and some texture has been added to the strip of land behind.

This next phase of the piece has more color and texture added to the foreground hills and the shape of the green mountain in the rear has been altered slightly to make a nicer flow.

The main additional ingredient here is the additional shrubs and trees.  It felt sparse as compared with the original scene and also seemed necessary for the aesthetic balance of the painting.

See Also

• Compositon and Design Principles
  Touches on a number of things which can be important in whether art works
• Creating Rich and Beautiful Texture Art
  Discussion of ways of creating texture
• Composition and Design: Understanding it - Using it
  Discussion of composition theory and practice
• eDigitalPhoto: Creating Digital Works of Art
  Tangentally related - adding texture to digital photographs