Mt Timpanogos painting

I've done very very little landscape painting and it's something I've always wanted to be good at. So I decided to do a landscape painting and since I love our local Mt Timpanogos and try to hike it every year I made that my subject. This is a view you get on the hike, its one of my favorite parts of the hike because its when you've finally reached semi-flat ground and aren't heading straight up a hill. Anyway, here it is, I need to take a better photo of it- it's 18x24 in oils. I don't really know what I'm doing I took a painting class last semester and it was the first time I'd really used oils. As it turns out, I like oil way better than acrylic, I guess you don't know until you try it. I plan on doing quite a few more landscapes if my ambition doesn't end.

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Nice job! Yes, oils and acrylic are quite different to work with, aren't they? I like the sky, clouds can be hard to paint!

Yeah I honestly hated them at first I was so used to acrylic and how fast they dry I didn't know what to do. It took me a few test paintings in the class to figure out how to work with them and I'm still learning of course.

Its beautiful, you did great! When you decide to sale make sure you let us know. You know how much I love Utah and the landscapes.

It's beautiful.:D I think you did an excellent job. You're very talented.:)

Very nice Amy!:)

I think it's terrific.
Even tho I prefer the softness of watercolours, I think you have captured a very nice softness with your oils.
Well done. ;)

Well done! Is that the Mt. in your siggy, to the left behind the dogs?

I too think the cloud(s) came out really nicely!

Beautiful!

I love this picture and its amazingly, wonderfully beautiful! Its a beautiful picture and you painted it quite well! Good Job! I'd love to have a talent like yours in painting. I'm not really good at it. And again, the picture looks FANTASTIC!!

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I too think the cloud(s) came out really nicely!

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Certainly did come out well! :D They look so real! :)

That's a very good picture for your first attempt with oils. Oil is my favourite medium, I like the way you can simply remove something you aren't satisfied with and redo it. Acrylics do dry too fast and I find watercolours lack depth.
Can't wait to see more of your paintings.