I started a new painting this week, for me a large canvas 30" x 24" using Atelier Interactive Acrylics -
First I decided it would be a Landscape - having taken a lot of photos on our recent trip to Dartmoor, of course, it wasn't too difficult to decide that would be my inspiration. Sketching out an idea of how I wanted it along with my photo references.....
- making a mental note to make sure the actual painting didn't look like a face!!! -
(take a close look at this sketch and you'll see why I thought that)
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Step 1 - was to prepare said canvas with a coat of white gesso - When that was dry I gave it a coat of
Burnt Sienna (slightly watered down) to take the starkness away from the white canvas staring at me!...
When that was dry
Step 2 - was to put in some Pthalo Blue for the sky and Titanium White for the clouds...
Step 3 - Putting in the distant hills and start adding the foreground. (The cloud shadows
were a mix of Burnt Sienna and Ultramarine Blue)...
Step 4 - Adding the river, which was a repeat of the sky colours - plus adjusting various parts of the sky as I went along...
Step 5 - This is where I started developing the banks on either side of the river...
Step 6 - Where I am now, having added more to the foreground and placed some rocks in the river...
I will leave it alone for a few days, may be even longer, let it settle down and come back to it with a clearer idea of where I go from here. Hope you have enjoyed seeing the Work in Progress so far.
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