Choose colours lemon yellow, ultramarine blue, burnt sienna, raw sienna, madder lake. This composition uses wet-in-wet and dry brush techniques. Don't forget wet-in-wet needs the paper really wet and your paint will be diluted by the water - never paint to the edge of the wet part you will get a strong line. It's recommended to mix up your paint before wetting the paper!
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Roughly sketch the tree shape then wet the whole of the paper above the horizon line leave white area where the sun is shining |
Add the trunk and brances, painting in lemon yellow where the sun is shining. Paint in foreground wet-in-wet with mixtures of green
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add in darker brances and foliage dry bruch or with a sponge | ||
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Add in background river bank |
Add in more tree branches draw a couple of sun beams with clean water and wipe out quickly Add more darks in the foreground
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