There is another  two feet of snow falling, and a Snow Emergency in my town and all of the surrounding towns, which means I get to play hooky legally and have a weekday to get more work done on this cover painting. I am wrestling in the underbrush, trying to tone it down to mainly a raw umber color, with shadows I will also be adding texture to the gravel driveway surface in the foreground. The splattering of paint I did earlier will serve for this texture in the distance. The trees seem too dark, so I might do some scraping with a single-edge razor blade. The painting overall seems too "tight", and I will need to loosen it up with more free, broad brushwork.  

I decided that the paint scheme of the glider will be a colonial blue with white trim. Plus rust. The deck will be painted grey, and the house trim will remain white. I anticipate Gail Cross, or whoever does the typographical design for the title and byline, will use a rich orange. Gold embossing would be good too, but that is pricey due to the fact that an embossing die set would have to be created.