Just can't get it right

I am finding this really hard and I don't know why. This scene is completely from my head and if I hadn't painted like this before, then I would think that is the problem.

I started to use a brush on the sky but I wasn't getting the look I was after. So I returned to the palette knife which was how I started off the painting and started laying on paint. Then I had an accident and smudged white paint on the dark part of the sky, so ended up painting over it. But I suddenly started painting really bold and slapped the paint on. I loved doing it. I had fun - which is the main thing - but I am still not happy with it. It feels like I have been painting this forever. I had to stop to let the paint dry as I was just smudging it all over the place.

Close up of the textures in the sky

So I left it for another night. I want to start on another painting but if I do then I know that this one will never be finished.

I'll get there I'm sure!

The storm continues

The transition continues and I am still looking at the sky and watching it evolve....just like the real skies when a storm is brewing.

This is how it looked before I went to bed the previous night as I had another little dabble.

And I digress to show you my paintbrush. As I was using it I realised that I have had this brush for as long as I have painted using acrylics.....and that is some time. Looking after your brushes pays off I say and I love the feel of it right now...not new at all - like a trusty friend!

Anyway, back to the painting. It's coming along and but it's not quite there yet. When it is I shall know!


So this is as it is right now and I will have another bash soon. I need to do something to the clouds on the middle top right but I don't want them to look like they have come straight from the Simpsons....I want them a bit abstract. If you have any ideas, I'd love to hear them.

Okay, well I will catch you later on and if I can, I will add this to Paint Party Friday! I haven't been able to post there much so it's good to be back!

Happy Friday to you all !!