It’s been a while since I posted, returning from Devon I painted 3 or 4 that I either haven’t finished or don’t like! And now the past couple of days I’ve done 3 snow paintings here’s the first…..
Painted this morning I’ve been waiting eagerly for the snow!! and it’s here!
Although this morning was just a dusting but enough to make a painting. I was really pleased to stumble across this view, such a great composition with lots of elements – close foreground interest and distant space.
Walking finding a spot I had in my mind how I wanted to paint – bold brush marks & strong composition. Snow seems to lend itself to this combos, and it helps my confidence to attack it and not be timid with applying paint! Mind plays a big part in the painting process.
I have painted gates before and they can look laboured so I deliberately didn’t do much to it, focused more on what was through and behind them.
The sky is a slightly darker than the snow, the colours in the snow pick up the sky colours.
I painted a web of branches, tree trunk and gate before I added anything else see pic below.
