This was painted from a photo taken by Heather when tackling Cader Idris in mid-Wales. When I paint landscapes like this I invariably start with the sky and bring it down over where the distance will be. Sometimes this creates cloud shadows (often more pronounced than here). I then tend to work backwards from the foreground towards the distance getting bluer as I go, which pushes the distance further back. I often use the sharp tip of an old credit card (which I cut into smaller pieces) to scrape through strong paint to create the scruffy vegetation in the foreground. In this painting, I also gave the sky a second wash to create cloud effects. All in all it took about one hour. The faster and more free the better.
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Thankyou for sharing your technique!
Excellent Painting I really like the dreary colours of th grass and subtle tones.
a pleasure and thank you both