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Today I’m painting a simple, loose winter woodland scene with snow shadows and trees as the focus, using a limited palette of cerulean blue, cobalt blue, ultramarine, alizarin crimson, burnt sienna and paynes grey. It is inspired by the work of the amazing artist Andy Evansen, and by a photo from Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/photos/trees-pathway-forest-lane-snow-6899636/
The idea is to try to paint a wet in wet light background as loosely as possible, aiming to keep the sky light in the top right corner and to paint the snow with reflected light form the sky. Once dry, the trees and shadows are added.
I’m using Saunders Waterford 100% cotton hot press 140lb/300g weight paper, 11″ x 15″/28cms x 38cms, my paper is taped to my board with ordinary decorators masking tape and is at an angle of about 45 degrees so gravity will help me paint. I use various brushes as demonstrated in the video, but use whichever brushes you have.
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Beautiful
wow…. very amazingly done…. loved ot
very harmonious and beautiful painting! thank you!
Ah, thank you for this!! Just what I needed for learning snow shadows!! 🙏
I love it, it looks very beautiful, greetings from germany, Dani
Really lovely!
Beautiful
Awesome demonstration and explanation of technique and purpose
Muito lindo 👏🏻
Beautiful ❤️❄️
Thankyou so much I actually think I can do this it’s worth a try I like the chosen colors.❤😊
Really nice. I love the shadows. I have to get myself a carpenter's pencil to help me from getting fussy. 🙂
I love it. Thank you Lois 😊
Very nice, thank you… I watch a lot of your work, and after ripping a painting once in art school my teacher said to me "You're unveiling a painting, not pulling a rip-cord"!! lol… Smart woman, I never forgot that lesson, and neither have I ripped anymore paintings!! lol
I’m inspired by your technique of painting the trees. I learn from every tutorial. Love the way you explain everything. Thanks! Looking forward to Morgaine’s Monday.
Holy moly! Just gorgeous, Lois!
I could see how you did shadow shapes to make the hill look like a hill!
Hi Lois, I would love to join your Patreon group but it says it's sold out. Is there any other way I can join please. Thanks x
I love this winter scene! I struggle with knowing when my painting is done, I like the tip that it’s better to leave it under painted than over painted. I just need a bell to ring or some obvious signal to tell me when I should step away from the painting 😂.
Ah Loey you are à naughty minx. Fix your microphone please!!!!!!!
Reminds me a lot of Graham Booth from Northern Ireland. Maybe check him out x
Lois you legend, your tutorials are always so great I am astonished how good it looks even as a complete beginner with crappy equipment