gosh, sam, this is really beautiful <3 i love the serenity that you captured in your piece very much !
the step by step is presented so wonderfully as well, like a journey as the piece comes together, and you can really tell an artist's interpretation of reality gives such narrative to a scenery... of course the natural place is already very lovely, but the painting that you presented really gave rise to a feeling of Lord of the Rings vibes (to me) !!!
gorgeous post <3 it's always nice to see your longer posts, sam <3