I tried copying a landscape painting and I really struggled with this at first. I debated if I should even finish it. I decided to go for it and put some time. Anything you do is great practice. I was listening to an interview with artist Jane Hunt and she said that everyone has 200 bad paintings in them, and the sooner you get them out the better.
But then I turned it into a palette knife painting, and it looked really great, especially the clouds. In the past I've just done a palette knife painting without much underpainting, but I think the underpainting greatly enhanced the painting. It added a lot of depth and more interesting detail. The underpainting also helped me work out the color scheme.
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