Trees 1 and 2 - Two Works in Progress

I pulled out these two paintings that I sketched earlier this year (see post on 12 June 2016).

For the background of the first painting I used a mixture of French ultramarine blue and alizarin crimson and then painted in the warm background colour with vertical strokes.

I decided that this piece would make a nice snow scene and while the background was drying I darkened the mixture slightly and painted in the tree shadows onto the snow at the base of the trees.

Christmas Pines 1 is this painting's new name from Trees 1.

Using various mixtures of raw sienna, burnt sienna and French ultramarine blue I put in the foreground grasses and growies.

I wanted a very soft and misty background for this piece.

After wetting the paper thoroughly, I used various mixtures of raw sienna, burnt sienna and French ultramarine blue and streaked the colour into the background.

I left some of the areas fairly light in colour and made others slightly darker while keeping it fairly muted.

Foggy Day 4 is the new name for this painting from Trees 2.

I will post each of these paintings as they are completed.

Thank you for coming to look at my artwork and I hope you will return often.