| I softened the back hills (with water and a brush) and I added some blue as my back hills were very pale. Next I used green, purple, and sienna, wet the hill on the left (except the rocks) and dropped in color. I added salt, lots of it (add salt when the paper is wet, but not puddles). After it was dry I added darks and texture around the rocks, I will continue doing this in areas on that hill with the same colors in values from medium to dark. I also added darks on the rock area. I wet the area and put the dark in. I also pulled some out with a damp brush to make shadows on the light part of the rock. I added some burnt sienna and purple as a glaze later. I also added a bit more dark. I painted the tree by mixing a brown, painting on the dark side, and using a damp brush on the light side and letting the color move over a little. I also added some purple and black to the dark side of the tree and pulled some branches out. Remember that I worked on small bits around the painting for demonstration purposes only, to speed up the demo. I would normally work all over and build the painting up to completion as a unit. |
