Colours used. Ultramarine Blue, Madder Lake, Burnt Sienna, Sap Green |
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Simple sketch - Water line is 1/3 up paper. Wet top 2/3 of paper and wash dilute madder + ultra b adding green and Ultra b on right side. These should be nomore than tone 3. We will add darker tones on top! Add burnt sienna rocks allowing colour to run into the water |
Add darker tones of the same colours leaving some edges soft. These are the foreground trees. Allow colour to run into sienna rocks. Wet lake area with clean water drop in pale tones of mader + ultra b on left and darker tones of green + ultra on right |
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Paint rocks with tones of madder + ultra and sienna. Leave some but not too much white. Start with lighter colours and build up to darker tones. Add white tree trunks with white gouache add darker tones to bases of trees and dark tree trunks. Add ripples to water (they get larger at the front of the picture) Add a couple of fir trees on the right. (make one darker) Add a duck if you want! |