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Closet door (in studio)
landscape (46" x 80")
I did this landscape on a whim without much planning and
did not basecoat the closet door which was a grayish blue,
I wanted it to be simple and easy to do. It took about 8
hrs as I had very colorful plants under the trees but then
I decided to tone it down and added the easy to do ferns.
Colors: Folk Art Cobalt Blue, True
blue, French blue, Wicker White, Thicket, Lemonade and
Mystic green
One Stroke brushes: Large 1½ flat, ¾ flat, ½ flat,
large/small scruffy and large fan
Sky
Decide where to put your horizon line
usually at eye level, I made this low as we will be mainly
sitting to view it, then tape below line. Use a large
brush and paint horizontal strokes using cobalt blue/true
blue/glaze and small touches of white for the top part of
the sky.
For middle part of the sky use same brush and strokes
using French blue/ Wicker White/glaze and touches of white
with 1/2 flat brush..
For bottom sky use mainly white/glaze with small
touches of cobalt blue/True blue.
I then added mound of trees to the left
above sky line and bottom right using large scruffy
pouncing with thicket. I let some of the background color
of closet show through.
Sea
Tape above sky line, use large brush with horizontal
strokes and mixtures of cobalt Blue/white/glaze then
mystic green/white/glaze blending
colors to create a softer look here and there with white
only at bottom of sea with dirty brush and glaze. I then
added a reflection of the top mound using 3/4 flat loaded
with thicket/lemonade/glaze blending to soften colors then
dragged a bit of white/glaze over it.
Waves
Use dabbing motion with 1/2 brush to
create thick rippling lines of white with dark colors
cobalt blue/glaze under the waves, paint these first. Use
white/glaze for softer waves.
Trees
Palm trees use ¾ flat on chisel edge
loaded with thicket/lemonade, stroke towards center of
branch. Overlap braches to give depth.
Foliage
Use edge of small scruffy or large fan brush loaded with
mostly thicket and lemonade, pounce or dab arcs toward
center of each small mound Add lemonade with fan to highlight
ferns.
You can try a smaller version of this on a canvas,
email me
if you need help.
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