Alpine Stream Yellowstone Am Demo

Alpine Stream reference photo

Draw simple shapes but erase some if too dark.

First wash on sky and water.adding browns while blue is still damp.

Added brown sand and green grass in water.

First wash on hillside.

Added browns into green middleground while green was still damp.

Begin to add darker pines in hillside.

Began to add darks in foreground sagebrush.

Close up of trees. Remember to keep them lacy.

Alpine Stream Yellowstone pm demo

I really had fun with this demo. I hope you will too!!

Alpine Stream Reference pic PM

Drawing and masking fluid

Start with sky then move to first wash of water to let sky dry a bit. Then add first layer of distant mountain.

close up of second layer to make a closer mountain.

First layer of greens adding ochres and darks while still damp.

Add brown on banks and start to add evergreens. Remember to let your brush flick upwards and Remember to leave open spaces.

close up of tree, first layer. remember to make them lacy not too solid!

I added the trunk lines first to get height variation and direction up front, then I filled in the branches..

Another example of trunk variation of height and direction. Remember to think of music. :)

First layer on pine trees.

Began working on bottom sage brush and hummocks. I added another layer of mask to keep some positive leaf shapes, allowing me to go darker  at the base of each mound to give form.

I then added a darker sienna layer to the stream bank to give it the recessed depth. See how the masked grasses come in front of the darks.

I then added ochres and burnt  sienna to field and distant hill as well as some more vibrant green in the middle ground to give a little more umph.



Have fun with this one!!

Yellowstone River Demo Pm class

Here are the pictures from Wednesdays pm demo. I think this will be a better way to get you the photos. Let me know what you think!!
Laura

Yellowstone river Pm Demo Reference shot

Sorry I forgot to take picture of drawing :)
Here is first wash on sky and water

While reflection in  water was still wet I took a wet rigger brush and made horizontal lines to imply ripples in water.

First layers of grass

using similar color I added first layer of foreground grasses

While forground grasses were still wet I lifted some lights and added darker tones to add variation.

Next I added first layer on mountain letting the blue and brown mixture separate a bit.

While the mountain was still wet I added strokes of clear water to imply forms in mountain.

After mountain was dry I  began to add tree forms and masses. Remember to vary the shapes and sizes and use the trees to add directional flow to the composition.

More detail to hillside, adding some yellower green to harmonize with grasses.

Moving down to foreground grasses I added a second layer of masking fluid.Initial wash MUST BE DRY to mask!  Remember to overlap first layer in opposing directions. Let mask dry completely before painting. I then added a  darker wash over mask adding variation in greens to imply plant forms.

Next I darkened water and reflection of mountain. Remember to use a damp brush to soften edge between mountain and water. I added some crimson earth tone in lower fight of water to show shallow  riverbed showing through.

I then worked on adding some texture and rock planes in the mountain.

Close up showing reflection and layers of mask in foreground.

added reflection of stately pines on mountain ridge.

Added some darker dark's in foreground and lifted some green to allow for the light blue green of the foreground sage.


Have fun and do what you can. I will help you all next week and remember...Don't pull off mask until the next class!!

added another layer of mask on lower grasses and then added a medium green so layers would show.

pulled off mask and then painted back in
 to integrate into painting

Close up of grasses

Yellowstone River Demo Am class

Here are the pictures from Wednesdays am demo. I think this will be a better way to get you the photos. Let me know what you think!!

Laura

Yellowstone River Reference photo

drawing and mask~ Notice how branches and driftwood lead your eye into composition.

First wash on sky and marsh, adding clear water with rigger to imply grasses

first wash on mountains~ then added clear water to add implication of highlights and rock direction
first wash on foreground sand~ added salt to give organic pebble texture

next start adding shadows on marsh and lower grass on bank.

close up of water...painted the bottom stroke to show what NOT to do...grasses were not mowed.Blue bottom edge needs to be jagged grass like NEGATIVE shapes.

Continuing with water' adding start of reflections.

Added next layer of greens on hill and bank.

wiped out water above green grass to give more room for reflection.

close up of revised reflection.

wiped out mountain  reflection as it didn't match above shape.....I must have been talking too much :)

That's better.

Added sponge texture to foreground sand and a bit on distant mountain.

developing texture on mountain.

Adjusted color of marsh grasses.

Added to texture to mountain reflection.

Started to add texture in smaller scale to bottom left of sand bank.
More to come next week.

Added some horizontals in water, more purples in water reflections more detail in marsh grasses before peeling off mask.

Peeled of mask

Light wash on foreground tree add dark's while wet

close up of beginning of evergreen development. Leave some lights, more than what shows in photo