With this landscape I struggled so much with the darks, I got my black out to just help get those darks darker. Also, our class supply list had no green paint, and I really needed some brighter green than I could mix so I "cheated" some and got the sap green out. As you can tell, I do like to paint a hay bale. They really are very sculptural, and I love them!

If this looks familiar, I did an oil from this same reference photo; I do not recall if I posted that painting, but if I did, this may seem familiar.