light on a lily pond

 

last summer i whet on a trip to France and when we where there we visited Monet's garden. it was one of the most beautiful places i have ever been and it gave me lodes of inspiration to do a painting so when i went home a started one and i documented its progress over the 6 months it was in progress.

i did this on an art program on my computer called art rage it is amazing!!
 but sadly i just took a photo of the screen.

                                            using the above pictures I began to paint...

then the proses of planing begins. first i use light pencil to out line and then I use a mix of thin watery acrylic and ink to block in some areas.

so here is the final result ... ohh and happy new year! ....