Getting Ready for Landscape Painting
Thursday, February 18, 2010
As an artist, you need to be in control of the colors and the mood of your landscape painting. It is up to you to decide if you want to paint the scene ahead in warm colors or cool colors.
The following is a suggestion: Set up a small still life and paint it in the colors that are correct for each object. Then take each of the colors you used on your palette and divide them in half. Add a small amount of yellow to half of each color you used and paint the scene again. Lastly, add a small amount of blue to the other half of each original color and paint the scene a third time. Notice that the second painting is warmer than the original and the third painting is cooler than the original. Which do you like the best?