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Step 3

1 Paint the trees along

the right-hand bank of the loch by dotting in a mid-tone mix using the

basic green mixes. Indicate the shadows in the lower parts of the trees.

2 Add the beach using raw sienna and white with a touch of raw umber

here and there and, as the light is coming from the left, paint tree

shadows down over the beach using the tree shadow colour.

3 Paint trees on the right-hand bank using a mix of the basic green, cobalt

blue and cadmium yellow with the addition of a little raw sienna. Use the

same mix with the addition of raw umber for the darker, shadow green.

4 Paint the water using a mix of blue, white, a touch of yellow and

raw umber to make the darker sea colour then over the top dry brush

a cleaner, lighter blue, using strokes parallel to the far bank.

5 Block in the large coniferous tree on the right-hand side using a dark

green mixed from the blue and yellow with the addition of raw umber

and a little black. Over this drag a slightly lighter green of the basic

mix over the tree creating lighter foliage (needles).

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softened with white.

5 Add the suggestion of forest over the

top using stronger, yellow greens. To the

left apply with little dabbing strokes using

the point of the No. 6 brush. Think of each

dab as a tree when placing the lighter

colours over the top.

6 The dark area on the right is a mix of the

basic green with the addition of raw umber

and a tiny amount of black. Use the dry-

brush technique to drag the mix up over the

mountainside to create the effect of broken

dark shadows among the trees. Don’t worry

too much about this area, as we will cover

most of it with a large conifer tree.

Step 2

1 Paint the sky with a slightly wet wash

of cobalt blue and white and the No. 8

watercolour brush. Make it slightly lighter

as you come down behind the mountains.

2 Paint the central peaks using varying

tonal mixes of cobalt blue, cadmium yellow

and white. Add a high proportion of white

to create the distant, hazy look.

3 The shadows are mainly blue and white

with a touch of raw umber and yellow.

4 Use the same colour mixes for the left

and right-hand peaks. On the left, add

a little raw sienna at the top, but keep it

muted with white and, on the right, make

the greens slightly stronger, but still

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Step 4

Block in areas of greens first using one mid-tone basic green,

which has a little raw umber added, then using a scumbling

or dry-brush technique and a fairly dry mix of the much

darker green paint over the top. This is the same technique

you used to paint the large tree on the right.

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Step 5

1 Using varying shades of our basic green mix build up the effect of

the foliage of all the shrubs and plants in the lower half of the painting.

Apply the paint using strokes that suggest the shapes of the foliage. The

green mixes need to be variations of the colours used already throughout

the painting. Lighter, brighter greens can be created with the addition of

more yellow and by adding a little white. Earthier shades of green are

created with the addition of raw sienna or raw umber, or both. The

areas where the greens are much bluer are created with much more

blue in the mix and the addition of a little white.

2 Paint the lily leaves on the bottom right with short strokes using a No. 2

watercolour brush. I used a very pale blue-green for dotting in the lights

that catch some of the leaves to the right of the rhododendron.

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