I almost see what I'm doing...

To the right I have roughed in the two horses, one grazing and the other looking at us to make the composition more interesting. Also, notice that I have chosen to make the two horses much different from each other to maintain interest in the foreground.

Little things make a difference. For example the grazing horse's mouth impacts the ground and flattens somewhat. They have fleshy, almost bulbous, mouths and lips and when they bite grass those lips often flatten against the earth.

Enough of the painting's subject matter is now established to the point where I can see what I'm doing. It's like a drawing has been done for the painting and now it's time to paint!

And, that's as far as I want to go with the drawing for now. If I work further on foreground items, it seems to make the background more difficult to paint. So, my next agenda item is progressing with the Fall tree line behind the barn.

Another interesting thing that is starting to happen (completely by accident) is light seems to be spilling into the painting from the upper left. I will exploit that phenomenon.

I want to add a bit more definition to the foliage of the tree line behind the barn. But for now, it is established and shown on the right,

Now I move on to the barn. With the barn I will paint the mid-ground between the white fence transitioning down to the horses (that's a tricky area and one that right now, I have no idea how to handle).