Lonesome Dove, before the Storm

This painting was done primarily in oils and a variety of oil mediums, over an acrylic wash, using a time consuming "layering" blend style/technique with paint over paint.  The blending was done by using either a small brush or sometimes my fingers, to build on the layer(s) below.  The time aspect was lengthy, due to requiring the paint to totally dry between each layer or overlapping color.  If you look closer or enlarge this picture, you will see quite a bit of texture, both in paint and from the canvas showing through.  You will also see a multi colored "windows" in the same spot, again due to the layer on layer technique I use.