ACEO - Serene Place 2

I would like to wish everyone a safe, healthy and happy New Year!

Today I wanted to complete this drawing that I had started last year (see post on 09 November 2014).

I started by washing in a sky using French ultramarine blue and left some areas of the sky white for the clouds.

With a slightly darker shade of the blue I put in the base coat for the lake.

Using various mixtures of Antwerp blue, French ultramarine blue, new gamboge and raw sienna, I painted the trees on the island.

I left a small band of white paper showing below the bottom of the trees for the snow covered rocks and immediately below that I indicated a few ripples in the water using one of the green mixes.

From there I started on the pine trees in the foreground using the same colours as the trees on the island but slightly darker.

Using mixes of burnt sienna and raw sienna I put in the dead grasses and growies at the base of the trees.

Leaving a number of white areas on top of the rocks for snow, I used French ultramarine blue and burnt sienna to paint in the rocks.

I added a small bush using the rock colours for the branches and cadmium yellow for a few leaves.

Thank you for coming to look at my artwork.

If you would like more information about ACEO please go to my post on 11 March 2010.

The ACEO shown here is an original watercolour painting using Artist quality Winsor & Newton paint on 140lb. Fabriano  100% cotton, acid free watercolour paper. It is priced at $20.00 and sold unframed.