Loosening Up Your Brushstrokes

Over the years I have learned quite a lot. One of the difficult things to learn is how to not paint with tight brushstrokes and to loosen up. I recently reworked an old painting and loosened it up a bit. Made it more impressionistic looking. I am pleased with the result. Below you will find both an old version and the reworked painting. It still has the same overall look. Just ended up with a looser style of painting. Also notice the reworked painting also has more texture and depth of color. The old version is listed first. The reworked painting is listed second.