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STAGE 2 THE SKY
Start with painting the sky, first draw the color of the cloud with
light yellow and then mix rose red and sky blue pigments with
ample water to adjust the purple-gray hues. At this stage, you
should pay close attention to the amount of water, not too wet
and not too dry. Water control is very important.
STAGE 3 THE BUILDINGS & GROUND
Next, use the orange to paint the light-receiving part of the ground and,
before the orange dries, draw the rest of the ground, including its shaded
parts when the orange is half-dry, and draw the steps with warm colors
when it is dry. When the ground portions of the picture have dried, you
can begin to draw the architectural portions, starting from the top and
then proceeding to the bottom. The roof should be painted in lighter
hues, and the background hues should transition from warm to cold. The
different surfaces of the building should be painted separately. When
the building surfaces have almost dried, the windows should be painted
with dark colors. During this process one must pay attention to the subtle
changes and connections between similar colors.
STAGE 4 POINTS OF INTEREST
At this time, began to draw the building on the right side of the foreground. Because the
focal points of this painting are the buildings in the center, in order to highlight them, the
facade of the building in the foreground should be weakened and blurred. Because the
focal points of the painting are warm and light, the building in the foreground should be
painted in cold and dark hues. While the paint is still wet draw the warm-cold transitions.
The foliage in the background should be painted with relatively cold and grey colors and it
is painted with simple and decisive brushstrokes. The tree in the middle ground should be
painted yellowish-green at the top and transition to cold-grey toward the bottom—
a change manifested subtly and gradually throughout the object.
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