I painted this snowy evening scene following a free tutorial Geoff Kersey. This involved many watery washes of color and painting the distant trees before the nearer trees. I learned so much doing this painting that I am sure I will incorporate in other paintings.
Learning the slow process of many thin washes of watercolor was how capturing light is possible.
The atmosphere of our hearts and lives is also made over time with additions slowly added. We are who we are today because of our past and what we experience every day.
You might try an exercise I found recently that I had done many years ago. I listed what I wanted to remember in one column. In the second column what I determined to forget. I was pleased to see that the things in that second column no longer have a hold on me. There are plenty more things I want to add to the memory column. The atmosphere of my life is freer, happier, and more out-going than when I first did this exercise.