Gathering Storm 1 - A Work in Progress

Today Norma and I were painting with the Lakefield Creative Arts Group at Saint John the Baptist Anglican Church in Lakefield.

As usual I brought my box of partially completed paintings that I take with me and chose this one to try and finish that I had started a number of years ago when I taught a class on how to paint different types of skies (see posts on 12 January, 19 February and 15 May 2015 and 24 January 2017).

I washed in some alizarin crimson across the rocks in the foreground and while the paint was still wet, I dropped in a small amount of burnt sienna in spots to create texture.

With various mixtures of French ultramarine blue, raw sienna, Antwerp blue and aureolin I put in the under paint for the pine needles onto the trees.



















With a mixture of French ultramarine blue, burnt sienna and alizarin crimson I painted in the tree trunks and branches.

I thinned the dark mixture down with water and added a few ripples below the far shore in the background.

Next, I put some below the rocks and then added a wash of alizarin crimson for the rock reflections.

Lastly, I dotted in a small amount of alizarin crimson throughout the background trees to add a little warmth and interest.

I will post this painting at a later date once more work on the trees and rocks has been completed.

Thank you for taking the time to look at my artwork and I hope you will return often.