"Ice Time"

Saw this on a hike at Oakwoods Metropark. It was a warmish winer morning, it the mid-thirties, and the ice was beginning to melt a bit. This ice on the shore caught my eye. I tried to figure out how I was going to paint all the little dark dots on the ice and came up with an interesting solution. Why not coat a bottle brush with paint and roll it on the canvas? Well, I had mixed results and had to paint over a bunch of the dots because they were too big. But overall, I think it turned out okay. Whatever works, eh?