It is sunny today with the temperature reaching 69F (20.5C), making it great working weather.
Once I finished doing the barn chores and the house chores I decided I would take a little time and go out and paint plein air.
There are so many things I would like to paint on the property it is sometimes hard to make a choice. In this case I decided to paint some of the pine trees on the north fence line.
I put the sky in using a mixture of ultramarine blue and titanium white.
The background trees were put in with white, raw sienna and burnt sienna.
I added a little bit of ultramarine blue to the background mix and put in the next layer of pine trees and the under paint for the larger foreground trees.
Next I added more blue to the green mix and put in the trunk and the branches on the largest tree.
I darkened the green down with blue and burnt sienna and did the closest tree to the right of the large tree.
Lastly, I added a few spots of raw sienna and burnt sienna throughout the painting to create some interest.
Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and look at the artwork.
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
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