Start as always with an underpainting of yellow and white and then block in some sky with cobalt and white. (more…)
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As always we began with an underpainting and for this one we used a bright yellow and white stain. Then we mapped in the horizon and the different plains of land in the distance. In class we went over perspective drawing and some drawing basics. Then we added the sky with cobalt and white gradiating dark to light from top to bottom of the sky to create distance.
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Start with an underpainting of burnt sienna and a little white and stain the entire canvas. Mark your horizon line where water meets land and mark where the water begins after the triangular sliver of snow on the waters surface. Now lay in the mid tone of indigo blue (adding white and raw umber to create the color. The just add raw umber to the blue for the dark parts of the water. At the top begin adding in some white in the areas of snow in the background trees.
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Start with an underpainting to show the light amongst the trees and a base color for the water and sky. Use lemon yellow and white for the yellow base and cerulean blue and white for the sky and water underpainting.
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We started today with an underpainting that is with blocked in color beginning with the lemon yellow. Top left is a mix of cobalt, purple and raw umber.
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4 27/17. Begin by working from the back petal to front. Do one petal at a time. Start by covering the whole petal with lemon yellow. Make sure to use a filbert brush to create your edges of the petal so it cleanly overlaps the background. Then use a bristle brush with cadmium red and stroke the brush from top to bottom over the petal. You will see the colors blend and turn into the orange. Let the brushes bristles create the ridges in the petal and follow the movement of the petal.
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