Winter moon oil painting

I wanted to paint a night time winter scene; really working the deep blue hues. Rather than use a white canvas, I painted the entire canvas in black gesso (other than a moon masked with tape). One of the canvases was old and had some stray marks and imperfections. It wouldn’t have been a good foundation for a typical painting, but covering it all in the gesso made it a great starting point. Below are the two examples I did this week. One is 11x14 in lascape orientation while the other is a 9x12 in portrait orientation.