Morning Sun Over the Lake

Painting by Vicky Christensen, acrylic on canvas, 16 X 12 inches

I was going to do a pastel painting today but changed my mind at the last minute. Today's painting was inspired by another photo I found in the Wet Canvas reference image library, http://www.wetcanvas.com/RefLib/showphoto.php?photo=42590. I amped up the color a little. And I ended up painting long grass in front of the boat and dock. I could say it was for artistic reasons, but to tell the truth, I had trouble painting the boat.

In some ways I think this looks more like a watercolor than acrylic on canvas. I kind of like the effect.