The Turn Of The Century Electrotherapy Museum http://www.electrotherapymuseum.com Some magic of oil painting... A painting in 20 minutes.  Left, blank canvas 16x20".  Right:  Conditioning the canvas - sky, background color, clouds... Left:  Starting a mountain... Right:  Adding shadows... Left:  Adding highlights Right:  Adding some foothills of trees... Left:  Adding a fir tree Right:  Foreground trees Finished painting. Finished painting in less than a half hour! I started painting in 1986 after watching Bill Alexander and The Magic Of Oil Painting. (C) Jeff Behary, 2010