I always love it in this stage. Still bright and totally not over worked. I'm trying to take better photos of the painting process for my next book. It looks like today will be sunny so I look forward to spending some time collecting more "tree" reference photos for winter. 
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Looks like it will be another beauty...so you don't tone the canvas first? Is this acrylics?
ReplyDeleteThanks Stephanie, I don't always tone the canvas first. I learned most of my painting techniques in watercolor and preserving the light areas is one of the biggest lessons. I do feel like it is hard to recapture the brightness of the trees once it has been "toned", not always, I just want this one to be very sparkly.? I find that if I rely on white towards the end, it makes it more chalky than bright. I will probably be adding in some washy brighter colors and maybe keeping more of the white canvas than I usually do. It is the whiteness of the paper in watercolor that makes flowers glow, why not on canvas. I'm still trying it all though. We will see if it does what I am hoping it does! -Water mixable oil, I'd love to paint with you again, and share our artistic trials and errors with each other!
ReplyDeleteGreat tree painting, love watching the progression. Congrats on your book! It looks great!
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