One of my oil paintings..i took some courses in Paris, San Francisco and at the Fine Arts League in New York...but also a lot of it also meditation & observation of nature, and allowing your mind to absorb, play and learn technique naturally with practice..this was rather a quick painting...but i am fond of it:) it is interesting with oil painting, it is actually like you are building something , as it is layers really..and then at some point you really have to chose a stopping point, or you can take it a whole other direction that you may not really like..:)