Slowly inching may way through foliage

After a good night's rest, I've decided that I should work the rest of this painting in stages by completing little sections or areas at a time. This seems to be the best approach for me now because of the repetitive nature of the leaves really aggravates my nerves.

I still need to go back and change the values on the foliage in front of the deer by darkening more spaces between leaves but will most likely just keep that for last.

Swan Painting-Wildlife Art update

Had to share what I started today, in pastels of course. I've been working on this composition for a while now and decided at the last minute to add cygnlets to the composition. The original photograph had only the two adult swans and felt it was missing something. Of course, I will need to modify the foreground as snow would not be present once baby swans are born. I plan on replacing the snow with a sandbar and some grass along the front edge.