This is the second in the series from my trip to Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks. We did the grand loop in Yellowstone on my motorcycle, which mad for a long day. This image is from the north(?) west side of the loop.
I’m trying a little different technique, going for a less detailed, softer finish. In the far background are a number of felled and fire damaged trees (titanium white, raw umber and yellow ochre). I filled in the depths with stiff brush, using greens whites. There are two full pines (pthalo blue green-shade and cad yellow in multiple layers) on the right in the near ground and the bison slightly forward of them.
For the animal, I created a mahogany color for the molting fur on his back with cad red, anthraquinone blue and cad yellow (I wasted a lot of paint getting the color right.) I used raw umber, titanium white and a very slight hint of dioxazine purple for the body. I added black to that mix for the head, underbelly and legs.
The grass is a mix of cobalt blue, cad yellow and titanium white. At first it seemed too olive, but I tried it and decided I liked it.
The reflections in the stream came out awful the first time. I tried to be too detailed, which is just the opposite from the rest of the painting and the contrast was not good. The colors were even worse as I tried to create the reflective look. So I painted over 80% of it and started over, being true to the broad brush stroke style of the rest of the painting. I’m much happier with this. However, one “critic” (mom) pointed out a continuing inconsistency in the grass, so I added texture with some strong brush strokes and it looks much better.
The most valuable learning experience here is probably the effect of lightly blending grass shades together using a straight, stiff bristle brush (see the stream bank in the near lower right corner).
I’m trying a little different technique, going for a less detailed, softer finish. In the far background are a number of felled and fire damaged trees (titanium white, raw umber and yellow ochre). I filled in the depths with stiff brush, using greens whites. There are two full pines (pthalo blue green-shade and cad yellow in multiple layers) on the right in the near ground and the bison slightly forward of them.
For the animal, I created a mahogany color for the molting fur on his back with cad red, anthraquinone blue and cad yellow (I wasted a lot of paint getting the color right.) I used raw umber, titanium white and a very slight hint of dioxazine purple for the body. I added black to that mix for the head, underbelly and legs.
The grass is a mix of cobalt blue, cad yellow and titanium white. At first it seemed too olive, but I tried it and decided I liked it.
The reflections in the stream came out awful the first time. I tried to be too detailed, which is just the opposite from the rest of the painting and the contrast was not good. The colors were even worse as I tried to create the reflective look. So I painted over 80% of it and started over, being true to the broad brush stroke style of the rest of the painting. I’m much happier with this. However, one “critic” (mom) pointed out a continuing inconsistency in the grass, so I added texture with some strong brush strokes and it looks much better.
The most valuable learning experience here is probably the effect of lightly blending grass shades together using a straight, stiff bristle brush (see the stream bank in the near lower right corner).
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