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Paint A Summer Landscape And River

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

  • How to paint the deep greens of summer
  • Use a Value Composition to develop a sense of light
  • Develop the painting fast by laying in value areas quickly

Paint a summer day along a sparkling river.  The painting features the deep greens of summer, sparkling water, bright light and deep shade.

The lesson includes a tutorial on developing the value composition, testing color ideas with studies and focusing on light-dark contrasts.

The entire painting lesson – from value sketches and color studies to finished painting – flows through seven video tutorials.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

  • 2B Pencil or Graphite Stick
  • Drawing or Bond Paper

DOWNLOAD : THUMBNAIL LAYOUT, FINISHED VALUE SKETCHES

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

  • Brushes – Medium and Small Rounds
  • Paint – Ultramarine and Cobalt Blue, Cadmium Red, Aureolin Yellow, Cadmium Yellow
  • Watercolor paper – a small piece of watercolor paper about 10″x 7″ – preferably Arches 140lb Cold Press

DOWNLOAD : THUMBNAIL LAYOUT AND FINISHED STUDIES

WHAT YOU’LL NEED :

  • Brushes – Medium and Small Rounds
  • Paint – Ultramarine and Cobalt Blue, Cadmium Red, Aureolin Yellow, Cadmium Yellow
  • Watercolor paper – about 10″x 7″ – preferably Arches 140lb Cold Press

DOWNLOAD : DRAWING LAYOUT AND FINISHED PAINTING