Country Color

[Robert]

Wonderful! I am intigued by the dry brush mixed with the still green ground cover in addition to the underpainting.
Sorry to hear about your uncles untimely passing. What a lovely way to create a lasting memory to the land he walked.

Thank you, Robin. That's really sweet of you. It all happened a long, long time ago in a time before Land Rovers, Irish setters and thoroughbred horse farms. The lansdcape hasn't changed much but the people living there have changed a lot.

[Robert]

Really nice work, love the 3rd one! Beautiful strokes.

Thanks, Jean - I appreciate the kind words.

[brianc]

Robert,

I love the way you do the purples of bare trees. They have such a delicacy to them. I feel the detail even though it isn't drawn. Tell me more about your brush technique.

[Robert]

Robert,

I love the way you do the purples of bare trees. They have such a delicacy to them. I feel the detail even though it isn't drawn. Tell me more about your brush technique.

Hi Brian - thanks. I think I just pick a value and color a little darker than the sky and a little lighter than the trunk and lay it on gently with a flat. If it doesn't work, I scrape it off with a palette knife and try something else. That pretty much sums up the way I go about painting, come to think of it. I don't think I'm very methodical beyond the basic lay in and things like loading up the lights and keeping the darks fairly thin.

[Bobbo]

you paint a blue tree and get away with it!
bravo!
lots to like in all of these
keep'm coming,
please!

[brianc]

Originally Posted by Robert

Hi Brian - thanks. I think I just pick a value and color a little darker than the sky and a little lighter than the trunk and lay it on gently with a flat. If it doesn't work, I scrape it off with a palette knife and try something else. That pretty much sums up the way I go about painting, come to think of it. I don't think I'm very methodical beyond the basic lay in and things like loading up the lights and keeping the darks fairly thin.

I can see the flat-work in there. You've painted thin, as well, I see. All in one session, I assume. Looks like you block in the grass and then thinly brush on the bare branches.

[Robert]

you paint a blue tree and get away with it!
bravo!
lots to like in all of these
keep'm coming,
please!

I'm busted, lol.

I can see the flat-work in there. You've painted thin, as well, I see. All in one session, I assume. Looks like you block in the grass and then thinly brush on the bare branches.

Brian, these are one session each. I think about two to three hours on each one.