We had a very Summery day today, painting Ullswater's Aira Force Waterfall.(pudding was pretty yum too!)
Waterfalls was a hard painting to do! We didn't have much drawing to start with, paint wise we had alot of tonal values, and we spent time building up our rocks and foliage. We did a first wash, and then the fun "glistening", which is when we spray the paper and dip the paint into the water to let it do it's own thing! Perfect for the leaves on either side.
Fortunately the waterfall itself was masked off, so we were able to get in close to the edges with the real darks, ultramarine blue mixed with burnt sienna, burnt sienna on it's own, and then a purple made from the permanent rose and ultramarine blue.
The paintings all looked great at the end displayed in their mounts for our Gallery.
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