February 14, 2019 - Hey everyone! Hope everyone is staying warm. We’ve been snowed in for a few days now. I was supposed to fly down to the Bay Area for meetings Monday but my flight got cancelled. Rebooked for Thursday and it’s already been delayed...so I guess we’ll see! With all this snow around, I got inspired to start a snowy scene. Snapped this pic down by our pond the other morning. Want to try to capture how cold it was out there, and that Stark early morning light. I start with a very light pencil drawing of the main elements and began with the sky. It’s easier to paint the gradient and then come back and paint the trees on top, so to begin I concentrate on getting a natural feeling gradient. I use soft bristle blender…