Acrylics Lesson 3, Phase 1

I've started on lesson 3 in the Varvara Harmon book. This is an autumn scene. Who doesn't love paintings of autumn scenes!? The example in the book looks great. We'll see how mine turns out.

I have completed what I call phase 1: the sky, background and the grass. This is supposed to look like fog in the background. I may have put in a little too much detail, but I am pretty happy with the results. I decided to photograph this before tackling the foreground tree. I'm a little scared about the foreground tree since it is the focal point of the painting and I will either make it or break it with that single element. Such pressure!

acrylic on canvas, unfinished