Calm Water - A Work in Progress

This was an exercise in using glazes to paint in the background and sponge work for the trees.

The paper was wet first and the yellow, aureoline was brushed into the sky and water. The painting was then left to dry. Then the paper was wet again and alizarin crimson was brushed into the sky and water, then set aside to dry.

The paper was wet again and the third layer of French ultramarine blue was brushed into the top of the sky and into the water. A mixture of the blue and burnt sienna was added while the paper was still wet and brushed into the bottom of the water. The background trees were painted in using a lighter mixture of the same colours.

The base of the foreground islands was painted in with a mixture of French ultramarine blue, burnt sienna and alizarin crimson. The rocks were lifted out using a palette knife to give them shape.

Using the sponge and a mixture of French ultramarine blue and raw sienna the tree shapes were put onto the top of the island base.

After leaving this painting to dry and then looking at it, there is a lot of work that still needs to be done. The islands look like two triangles and need to have trees added to change the shape and a little more pink needs to be glazed in the water.

I will post this painting after I have made the changes.