Using Titanium white with a little cerulean blue added, the upper part of the sky was painted and the same colour added to the reflections in the water. Next a little French ultramarine blue was added to darken the colour and change it slightly and the closer reflections in the water were brushed in using vertical strokes.
Working on the distant shoreline the orange tree tops were put in with a mix of cadmium red, cadmium yellow and Titanium white. This colour was also used for some of the dead ferns at the edge of the closer shoreline and added into the water reflections below the far shoreline.
A little more Titanium white was added to the orange mix and the distant shore was given more definition and the fern reflections were painted.
With a yellow green mix of cadmium yellow, cerulean blue and Titanium white, some of the bright tree reflections were painted below the far and closer shores.
When I stood back to look at the painting the bright green reflection below the far shore was too bright and seemed to attract the eye to it and needed to be toned down.
Adding a little more cerulean blue and a touch of burnt sienna to tone it down, the brightest tree and the reflection were painted and the same colour was added in a couple more places throughout the painting to tie everything together.
I will post this painting again at a later date when the closest shore and trees have been completed.
Thank you for looking at my artwork.
