I worked on this painting of the coastline out of the harbor in Seward, Alaska and I am still not very happy with it. I think I will try to glaze some warm tones over top of it to get some glow on the rocks. Having never done that I am not sure how it will go but I think without trying I will never have that experience. If it works out I will repost it. I found this to be a lot of fun to paint and I am happy with the background hills and the water but the cliffs in the foreground are just not working. Oh well, I have a bunch more I am working on, so hopefully when they are finished I will like them a little more.
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I have found warm glazes can illuminate a painting and bring it together- I will sometimes do more than one color glaze in an area-letting it dry between colors-hope you are pleased with the result-how do you keep your sky colors from getting muddy in and around your trees?
Well, I learned this from Marc Hansen and that is to control the paint on the edges where you are going to paint back into them. USe a painting knife and scrape away excess paint before you come back with the new color. Also make sure you are using a paper towel to pull the dirty color off of the brush as you touch the areas for the second time.
I have some drawings from some school that are signed by Steve Fleming.
Wonder who that is I don’t think I ever did any drawings that I signed.
thank you Steve for the info- I will do that on my next landscape and thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge
your welcome