I worked on the hills, making them bluer and added some more definition to the water. I also added the sprigs to the bush. I will probably finish this up in one more session, by lightenening the farthest hills a bit. I continue to learn about blogging and am working a new painting which is [...]
After feeling stumped with this one for a while, it hit me that I had a resource available to me for help from other artists and I decided to post it on the forums at www.ebsqart.com and ask for advice. This was a very good idea and I enjoyed the advice and friendliness of several [...]
I added a light wash over the farthest hills and softened the edges of all the hills. I darkened the sky a bit, added the smallest branches and decided to give it a rest. A friend of mine who owns a gallery stopped by to take a look and said she likes it and we [...]
I continued to add thin layers of paint to the hills and put one more light wash over parts of the water. I added the overhanging branches and foliage and decided to place a bush in the lower left corner to balance out the composition. I’ll move on to another painting and give this a [...]
I added a couple more washes to the hills. I worked on developing the foreground by darkening the shadows between the stones. I decided to make the path to the right have steps and I like this because it reminds me of walking on all the crooked trails with my godson as we [...]
I added several layers of paint to the water and worked on developing a hint of movement in it without making it too busy. I am pleased with the color of the water and feel I captured the way it looks on a hazy day, well lit, but very softly. I also muted the distant [...]
Moving along very slowly on this one. Today, in between shipping art, baking little peepeyed pets, photographing prints, and adding items to my eBay store, I would go in and do a little more work on it. It will take many layers of paint to get this looking the way I want. I did [...]
I started on the lake landscape. First I went back over the sketch with a light wash, fixing the pencil to the canvas and building up areas of light and dark. I spent a good long while preparing my palette, which for this painting consists of napthol crimson, yallow azo medium, pthalocyanine blue and ultramarine [...]
