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Thomasin,
The color and feeling of light and life are beautiful.
One of the thing I had to learn how to do was to slow down. Each brush stroke should be an expression of wakefulness, of consciousness.
Trying to paint loosely does not mean whipping around a canvas at the speed of light. Each brush stoke can be very deliberate and take time to put down. One brushstroke done with awareness has more power than a plethora done in a frenzy. That way you have time to relay the feeling you have of the subject into your stroke and the whole piece becomes a reality, a living entity on it's own rather than a a copy of what is in front of you.
After a while the brushstrokes will come with more confidence, more accuracy and deftness. But remember deftness and facility alone are all to common and unfortunately worshiped as an end in themselves. It is a personal and original point of view, plus mastery that is very, very rare.
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