This was a practice painting I did for my painting titled “The Way Across”. I wanted to get the color scheme right, and this little painting ended up being very important during the painting process, as I referred to it constantly and it really kept me on point. And on it’s own, I think it holds up very well and still captures that quiet, peaceful, magical feeling I get when I’m walking through a beautiful forest in my home state of Michigan as the sun begins to set.