Cemetery Pool Margaree
This is from a photo I took of a friend who makes and fishes his own bamboo rods and has a beautiful Spey casting style. I wasn't going to post any more fishing related paintings but this one is an exercise in managing the washes , trying to create depth and clarity to the various layers of stone and foliage. I rewatched Olly's video where he adds the distant hill and the near trees as inspiration. Not sure about the painting as a whole, but I'm pleased with how the far bank turned out. Getting closer to who I want it to be.
I adjusted the colors and they are pretty much correct though maybe a tad bright.
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What I have is a Fine Masking Marker, its like a ballpoint pen mine is a brand called Sol Goya by Kreul - its German, but you will probably have others over there. There is also a type of masking pen with a fine metal tube at the end - thats rubbish, dont buy it - it goes all over the place.
With the marker - it has to be the fine one - you can apply it really finely. Then like Erik says perhaps just use a knife for a little sparkle here and there on the line, you can be more selective with it.
Regards the foreground its perfect like it is, lovely colours. Leave it. Put a little more detail in the figure, make that the focal point, plus a few sharper reflections. Thats all you need to do. You definitely have something good happening here.