I’m hoping someone can give me a nudge in the right direction. I’m finding it had to render grasses, hedges, fields, tussocks, that kind of thing, which are more in the foreground and require more detail than a soft background suggestion. Quite a limitation when I want to paint landscapes…

How can I approach this? I’ve tried looking at my reference photos and painting what I see with pretty dire outcomes (my resolution is to get outside more when the days are longer, right now I’m limited to evenings and photos).

I know what’s in my head, and that’s the desire to suggest what is there without getting too fussy, but not being so vague as it becomes abstract.

I know there’s no magic formula, but I feel like I could do with being pointed in the right direction, or be forever painting weird scribbley-looking vegetation. I’m assuming most people start out with no clue and pick up skills on the way, what brought you on the most with how you render foreground vegetation?