I’ve been doing some pretty successful home portraits for the past couple weeks but my newest I tried to set in a bunch of trees and….i can’t paint trees. I’m worried I’ve ruined this and can’t finish and will need to start over. I’ve tried so many tree tutorials and one issue I keep having is people are mostly painting small gestural trees not these massive ones. I don’t know what to do!

Trying to be geographically accurate as well. Any guesses which region this is?

I'm happy with my work, but always looking to learn more! Feedback is welcome

Followed some Bob Ross techniques for the mountains and water. Still working on my tree placement and reflections. Any tips welcome. Acrylics on 12x16 canvas.

Heavily inspired by The cute forest spirits from studio ghilbi

I do not have any magic white/liquid white. I made some using some titanium white and linseed oil. I put WAY too much on the canvas and I couldn't get much paint to stick the way I wanted to. It just blurred together. I became, as Bob would say, a mud mixer.

Could I do a coat of just the oil and then wipe the excess off with paper towels or something like that? Maybe having it work as a "liquid clear" type of coat?