"Work Ethic" 8x8 palette knife oil painting on gesso board. Source of reference was Morguefile.

I simplified the trees and left just enough out to give the sky a peek, and of course cropped the photo. I also changed the value in the dad's pants. I would have liked to maybe simplified the grass more in retrospect but I am still happy with the way it turned out.

Old habits die hard. I have to keep fighting my brain about what to paint. The father and son are the subject, not the entire scene so I have to do better at giving them the detail and emphasis and not the surroundings. Will move on and learn.