This is one of my favorite paintings and the image that I used as a basis for the previous painting. This was actually painted a few years ago and hangs in my reading room. It included a technique I had never used before which was to lay down certain colors and then rub some of the areas lightly with the end of a wax candle. The waxed areas then resist colors that are layered on top, preserving the underlying colors. This created the highlights and rough areas on some of the tree bark and on the path.
