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| Red Mountain Autumn |
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| Here is my sketch, I have used masking fluid on the trees. Cerulean blue colors the sky and some of the spaces amongst the leaves |
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| I used a wet in wet technique to color the top leaves and mountain peaks, aureolin, cad orange, Q. gold, and Q violet were the pigments I chose |
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| Continuing with wet in wet using sap green, june bug and ultramarine blue, I created the evergreen forest on the mountains. The mid-ground aspen forest at the lower portion of the painting is a mixture of greens yellows, reds and orange, dropping in color and allowing them to mingle on the damp paper |
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| The evergreen trees that are closer is a mixture of the same colors that are in the farther trees, but using more pigment to get the darker hues The leaves on the foreground trees were created by wetting the paper carefully going around the spaces within the shapes, then dropping in the colors At times I felt like I was painting a jigsaw puzzle |
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| The masking has been removed and details have been added. I have attempted to give the aspen leaves the appearance of groups of leaves by painting "holes" of whatever is behind them, instead of trying to paint individuals leaves |
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| Aspen trunks, being mostly white, reflect colors near them, so do not be afraid to use color. To get the rounded appearance you must decide where your light is coming from and shade the trunks accordingly |
