No scrubbing!

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I call it "scrubbing".  I think it's actually called that. It's when you paint over brush strokes, too impatient to wait until it dries. So you basically make mud and have to trash the piece because there are one or several areas on your paper that definitely don't look like they belong there or in any picture.

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#1 I was working on this piece in my painting group, but didn't finish. I wanted to add definition to the trees, and probably lighten up the background for more contrast.


#2 I softened the background a bit, but the trees did not stand out as I hoped they would.

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#3 Went overboard with the shadowing on the trees thinking if they were darker they would stand out more.. When you keep adding color when the paper is still wet you get mud.

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#4There was no going back, so I picked up the oil pastels to see if I could lighten up the trees by adding white. There was way too much dark paint on the paper and I was unable to get the effect I was after. Impatiently, I just colored in  everything. Oh well. Back to the drawing board.