Peaceful tree

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    The sketch is kept simple, take care that the horizon is not in the middle of the paper!
The tree is only given his place in the painting, nothing more no branches what so ever!

For the sky I made two mixes, one with Cobalt Blue en Permanent Rose,
And the last one only Raw Sienna  and water.

For the grass I used Cobalt blue and Aurolieën Yellow and a other mix from Cobalt Blue en Raw Sienna, The darkest edges are made from Cobalt Blue and Burnt Sienna

While the paint in the sky is still wet I drip in darker en not to wet pigment to give on the distance trees. This must be done in wet in wet for giving distance in the watercolor.

    
           
    The sky was a little to light so  I wetted it again with  a vaporatiseur so that my pigment give me no hard edges!

But this you got to find out yourself, am I light enough am I dark enough, are questions you always must ask yourself!


Now let the painting completely dry!

 

    
           
    Now the sky is dry I can paint the tree on!

I make three mixes, one light from Cobalt Blue and Raw Sienna and a darker from Cobalt blue Raw Sienna and a little Burnt Sienna.

And the darkest mix for the tree and the shadows French Ultramarine and Warm Sepia.

 

    
           
    I make trees and use the roughness of the paper, don't try this technique on smooth paper.
It doesn't work then!

Make wet and colorful mixes cause the pain must be flew in each other, also no hard edges are allowed here.

Begin from light colors to the darkest ones!

Keep the brush so flat as possible, and with a light touch in contact with the paper.		    
           
    As finishing touch, I make with  "A Rigger" the fine branches and the fence by the tree, the trunk I do also with the rigger

When the trunk is still wet I take some paint of with a Kleenex or a dry sable brush to give variation and gradation.

For the water I made it firs carefully wet on the places I want water, notice the white line by the wet in wet trees in the distance! Keep the line dry, or you are in trouble.

Use the same mixes in the water as you used for the sky, and off course for the tree reflections take the tree mixes.

    
           
    Dont be afraid to get to dark for the tree reflections, its always dries lighter then you aspect.

Give the grass edge also a reflection. Do this when the paint is still wet, cause hard edges in water looks not right

Don't forget the reflections from the distance trees

Water is soft or rough! so always wet in wet or rough brush technique. Never hard edges.

    
           
    At the end when the water is still drying, I make a brush not to wet, just damp the brush, and I can lifting up some paint.
Keep horizontal!

Do this and do it in the darkest areas, and don't overdue it!

I make al my paintings standing behind a easel, so that my brushwork is loose and I cannot fiddle!

Have fun!!

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  Used materials are:
Arches Paper 140 Lb
Winsor en Newton paint (Artist Quality)
Tobolsky Kolinsky Maestro penselen van Da Vinci  No 12 en No 6