Oil Paints: M. Graham and Winsor Newton.
Titanium White, Indian Yellow, Yellow Ocher, Vermilion, Permanent Alizarin Crimson,
Burnt Sienna, Van Dyke Brown, Prussian Blue, Pthalo Blue, and Lamp Black
11 x 14 inch stretched canvas.
There was no source photo. I was working from my imagination. Instead of working in thin layers, as is my usual, I was working with thick paint. I wanted distance in the painting, and wanted to bring bright colors into a winter painting. I wanted to see how much I could get done in one sitting. That meant working fast. I got a lot farther than I expected.
It's all new techniques to me. So, I started out with a dry canvas. That didn't work. The paint wasn't coming along smoothly. Tried a different color elsewhere in the sky and that didn't work the way I wanted it too, either.
So, I got a clean brush and put Walnut Oil on it and brushed it on the areas without
paint. Put Walnut Oil on the brushes with paint on them and went over the areas again. Much better.
Started out with the Indian Yellow and rough blended Vermillion over it then Pthalo Blue above that.
Scrubbed in a dark purplish layer below the yellow to suggest hills and you can, on the viewer's left side, see where the yellow sky color is. The band isn't uniform.
After that used a vertical brush to suggest forest. Put in the foreground using Titanium White and Ultramarine Blue.
Put the clouds in and 'feathered' them in in places.
Put in the trees and branches using Van Dyke Brown and a bit of Ultramarine Blue. Put snow indications from blowing winds on the trees. I suggested where the tree roots were and had to stop.
