Lesson 3 :: Landscape #4 (your magic arrow flies with precision)
The dark shadow value of the blue is in place and now it’s on the the trees.
Starting at the back (top) I work my way forward with very muddy green colors with a light value, creating atmospheric perspective. I got a little impatient and decided to rough in some of the green of the foreground river banks. I have all this paint on the palette mixed in order to get to the background greens. So I decided to use them because they were kind of close to what I am after.
I’m really happy with the pattern of the river in the foreground. I’m always amazed when something comes up “correct” the first time around. Usually it takes a lot of reworking to arrive at the perfect solution. Well, at least I think it’s a perfect solution now. As the painting progresses things will probably change. Every stroke has an effect on every other stroke. It’s a fine balance that is easily destroyed. In other words, just because I like something in the painting doesn’t mean it will survive to make the final cut. Each color and shape and value has to play well with it’s neighbors.
Tune in again to find out what happens!
