I love winter (this winter)

I love love love love this winter. The snow is so fabulous and I love love love every minute of it. Even the slow driving and constant shoveling. This is the winter of my childhood memories. I wish it wouldn't end.

Here's my "landscape" but I have my usual struggle with landscapes -- they are too complicated for my pea-brain. I painted my alley instead. When I walk at night I like the glow of the snow and the lights. I like this version of the alley. Here is what I did differently. I used Golden Acrylic Retarder with some of the snow. I was able to smear around the snow and shadows a bit more. Not sure if that is the correct technical term or not but it works for me!

This alley scene was in the dark and this isn't dark enough and I will do another version. It looks a little crazy. I like the white pine. I sort of like it overall for the craziness of it. Will work on it a bit more for the darkness of night.

Then, I so much liked the baby oranges on a white plate on a red background that I painted earlier in the week, but the shadow on one of the oranges was a bit off so I fixed that tonight. Here's the updated version.