Birches

Birches

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Winter demo PM


Vermont Winter Pm Reference photo. A lesson in simplifying and pushing colors.






Start with a wash on sky. Remember to use as much clear water as pigment to blend and diffuse colors
Drawing with masking fluid
Think of simplifying masses of trees in to simple shapes. Ignore detail at first.
Here i added  more value to sky and fog
Here  I added more color to sky, using clear water to soften edges and I added more layers to the groups of trees. I then added first layer o rocks in wall.
I continued to add shadows on stone wall and foreground snow
Close up of evergreens and fog
Close up of stone wall.

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