A Lake with Swans

Created for my aunt.

Story

This is the lake near my house. I walk around it regularly to enjoy the nature. There are many swans there so I wanted to include a pair of swans as I find them very beautiful.

I find modern wind turbines very interesting in their sleek shape, so I was glad that I could include one on this piece as there are turbines in this area. I think it's a nice way to set the time period of the painting in the modern age.

Technical

Looking back on this piece, I could have done more to control my values to get better separation between the foreground, middleground and background.

I was pleased with the clouds on this landscape. I tried doing a rougher style than I normally would and I was happy with the result.