And here's the second snowy painting of the day. Brought to you by the colours…
Rubbish Snow Painting
There’s been a bit of snow overnight so I thought I’d have a go at doing some snow painting. In fact I did two paintings at the same time. This is the first of them.
Colours used are Payne’s grey, cobalt blue, raw sienna, burnt umber and titanium white. No red anywhere.
And it’s pretty horrible. The values are all over the place, with the raw sienna in the foreground being far too heavy compared to the snowy banks behind it. And those snowy banks have been obverworked. Too much blue and grey and not enough white left behind.
Best bit about it is the pair of silhouettes at the top of the hill. The grey used there is a mix of burnt umber and cobalt blue (in an attempt to make it consistent with the rest of the foreground) and I think that works. And their shape is OK, even though the little one somehow changed from a dog to a toddler. Finally, the silhouettes are located at a focal point, 2/3rds across and 2/3rds down but this is down to some clever cropping.
This was more popular than I expectedly it to be in the Q1 2019 poll. But, still, nah, it’s in the reject pile.
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