Sketch for Mill and River at Night (As of Oct. 3)

Sketch for Mill and River at Night (As of Oct. 3) Originally uploaded by randubnick

This morning I worked a little bit more on this sketch of the Merrimack River in New Hampshire. I made the sketch on my PDA (handheld computer), but am working in Painter on a PC to revise the image. In Painter I can enlarge the image and can even use a grid to try to straighten out my lines. Today I re-worked the reflection of the mill building in the water, trying to make the river look quieter, as it is in my photo (posted a few days ago). I worked on straightening the lines of the building's reflection in the water, without losing the sense that this is a image reflected in a river. I also added some shadows to the water near the shore line, and darkened the foliage. I wanted to re-work the foreground a bit, but I didn't have time today. Maybe I can do that over the next few days.