I was finally able to get some
time in this past weekend to do some work on the painting. I finished up on the
conifers on the left and made some progress on the snow, rocks and frozen creek
on the bottom left. More paynes grey was washed in over the area just below the
conifer tree and I also darkened the grasses a bit. I built up the shadows in
the snow with winsor blue and some paynes grey. The darks of the rocks were
first painted in with paynes grey and then later finished with a combination of
raw sienna, raw umber and some yellow ochre. The lighter areas of the bigger
rock were accomplished by lifting some color before it was completely dry.
Stippling of darker paint on the rock helped add some texture.
The sunlit
portions of the rocks facing the sunlight received very light washes of new
gamboge but otherwise were left completely devoid of any color. The
juxtaposition of slightly darker shades of paynes grey and winsor blue made the
sunlit snow on the rocks seem brighter. All it takes is a little darker value
next to white to bring it out.
I’ve
purposely left detail in some areas unfinished until the later stages of the
painting to see what changes might be necessary as I relate one area to another.
I’m going
to continue my way across the painting from left to right, working in the still
unfrozen water just to the right of the big rock at the bottom. I’ll also
continue with the waterfall, working toward the right. Then I’ll start working
in the trees on the right.
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