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STEP 5

I began to address the sunlit snow using warm hues such as
warm pink and warm peach, allowing plenty of the pinkish
hue to provide a gradual transition from shadow to light.
I also deepened the values for the darkest areas within the
trees, which further enhanced the backlighting effect and
allowed me to increase the overall value range.

STEP 6

As I painted the snow atop the tree boughs, I made

sure to keep the color temperature for the

shadowed snow cooler than the dark underlying

boughs by using blue, violet and blue-green hues.

FINAL

I defined the most brightly lit

areas of the snow and sky using

a lemon-yellow hue. (If this were

evening light, orange hues would

be emphasized throughout, and

the lemon-yellow hue in the

sky and snow would likely be

decreased.) There’s a fairly large

value difference between the

shadowed snow and the dark

shadows within the trees, but

little value difference between

the shadowed snow and

sunlit snow. It’s primarily the

temperature difference that

defines the contrast in the snow

in Daybreak’s Wintry Shadows

(oiloncanvas,24x30).

Barbara Jaenicke is an award-

winning oil and pastel artist

and workshop instructor based

in Oregon. Visit her website at

barbarajaenicke.com.