Showing posts with label snow. Show all posts
Showing posts with label snow. Show all posts

Sunday, February 17, 2013

February 16



I admit it.  I am hooked on acrylic.  I wish that the snowy trees in the background had come out a bit better.  But I do like how the sky came out.  I find that when I'm painting I have an enormous amount of focus that doesn't exist any other time in my life.

Saturday, February 9, 2013

February 8


This is my first attempt at a snow scene.  Overall, I'm happy.  However, I really need to learn how to mix white paint.  I used almost an entire tube of white on this and there was a lot left over.  I also wish I hadn't made such a big color different between the snow under the trees and what I put over the base of the trees.  I feel it's a little too dark.  Also, you can't see it in the photo, but I messed up and took the shadows of the two trees on the left a little too far into the background.  They actually touched the skyline at first.  Then in my attempts to quickly fix the area, I didn't get the paint color matched to the base color of the snow.  It's a case of quicksand.  The harder I struggled to get out of the mistake, the worse I made it.  Next time I leave it as is and comment on it as a for next time note.  For next time, I will work to be way more conscious of the entire area around where I am painting, and not just on the specific subject in isolation.