We put the sky in using Cerulean blue and lighted the colour with water as we went lower into the sky.
The water was a darker Cerulean blue and toward the bottom of the painting a small amount of alizarin crimson was added to the blue to give a little warmth to the water.
Using a pencil the rocks, grasses and main tree trunks were lightly sketched onto the canvas.
With Cerulean blue, some French ultramarine blue and a little alizarin crimson the trunks, growies, branches and some of the needles were painted.
With the darker colour a touch of white was added and the background trees were painted in using vertical strokes along the horizon line.
Using the dark mixture and adding a little more French ultramarine blue to darken it a little more the background water and some of the shadows below the rocks were added.
It was suggested that I continue with the painting but make it into a winter scene rather than add a lot of bright greens to the trees, and perhaps add some snow onto the rocks.
Before making a decision about what I would do with the painting I added some definition onto the one dead and broken tree trunk on the right side of the painting.
I will post this painting once I have finished the rocks and added a little more detail into the water.
Thank you for coming to look at my artwork and I hope you will return often.
