January
2009 Watercolor Landscape Art Class - Demonstration How to Paint Winter
Snow Scenes
The January 2009 painting workshop was sponsored by Becky Whitney
and held at A Passion for Painting Art Gallery.
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Karen Bettilyon |
Shari Cannon |
Gayla Folkman |
Roland Lee demonstrating how to paint a winter snow scene in watercolor.
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Working from dark to light, I lay in the sky wet in wet and some of the
lighter blues shadows on the snow. Notice how I am introducing some warm
tones with yellow ochre and cadmium red light to give a little warmth
to the scene. |
Now I begin laying in the darker shapes, still preseving the white snow
on the branches. This is called "negative painting" technique.
I also lay in the distant trees with a very light glaze allowing the pigments
to blend naturally. |
Even though the boughs on the tree are dark, I start with a very warm,
almost orange glaze in the darkest shadows. I will then follow up with
a few dark greens, still allowing some of the warmth to come through the
glaze. |
A few more trees, some stray branches, and some foreground detail and
the painting "Snowy Trees" is finished.
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