What better way to celebrate St. Patrick's Day than paintings with green in them?For the first painting I blocked in areas of sunlit trees in the background and left a clear sunny area for the pasture using combinations of aureolin, Antwerp blue and French ultramarine blue.
Then I put in mid tones and the dark shadows before I set it aside to dry.
Pasture I
For the next painting I used a mixture of raw sienna, Antwerp blue and French ultramarine blue.I applied the paint to dry paper and softened some of the edges slightly by adding water to the paper together with a little more paint.
When I was pleased with the result it was the set aside to dry.
Green Background A
For the final painting I first masked out a birch tree to one side of the painting and while the masking fluid was drying I mixed various greens using Antwerp blue, aureolin, raw sienna, burnt sienna and French ultramarine blue.
I poured some of the paint mixtures onto the paper and rolled it around to create interesting patterns.
Once it was dry I removed the miskit and painted the shadow onto the one side of the birch trunk.
Forest 1
I will post these painting at a later date as they are completed.
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