Landscape Painting Tips
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The initial sketch of a landscape painting which indicates the center of interest should also include details of the foreground of the picture. Unless the foreground is the main subject of the picture, it should not be so distinct as to take away from the painting's main focal point.
Foreground objects, such as rocks, appear larger as they come forward which adds to the sense of distance in the landscape. The colors are rich and warm, where receding colors appear bluish and somewhat gray in the distance. Therefore, the lightest lights and the darkest darks are used in foregrounds but care should be taken that the foreground features do not dominate the subject matter and take away from the center of interest, thereby allowing the eye to be brought into the picture..
Article by A Lundy
Every artist was first an amateur.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), Letters and Social Aims: Progress of Culture, 1876
Painting Rocks
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My procedure for the foreground rocks in this particular inspirational painting are as follows:
Palette: Burnt Umber, White, Yellow Ochre, Ultramarine Blue
(Note: I used acrylic paints for this painting and so I added a paint retarder made specifically for acrylic artist paints to allow time for blending the colors.)
Basic Color Mix: Equal parts of Burnt Umber, Yellow Ochre, Whtie,
Color Mix: A mix of the three basic colors. was made.
Step 1 - A very thin wash of the Color Mix was applied over the rock and allowed to dry.
Step 2 - Burnt Umber was painted on the shadow side of the rock. A small amount of Ultramarine Blue was touched in a the very base.
Step 3 - While the paint was still wet, I painted the light side of the rock with the Color Mix and blended where the two colors meet.
Step 4 - (How to dry brush: Dip the brush in paint and wipe the paint out of the brush. Just a small amount of the paint will remain on the brush to be scumbled on the canvas.) When the paint in Step 3 was dry, a very light mix of white and the Color Mix were brushed on only where the sun might hit the rock.

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Links to Web Sites about HOW TO PAINT ROCKS
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- Plein Air Painting Demonstration - City Of Rocks - By Jo Castillo : Art Instruction For Beginners - Art Instruction Blog
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- Watercolor Painting a Lighthouse: Rocks | Expert Village Videos
- Watercolor Painting a Lighthouse: Rocks. When watercolor painting a lighthouse, use burnt sienna and gold to paint the rocks. Learn more
- Painting rocks in a mural
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- Jim's Watercolor Gallery
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