My objective is:
to teach a small class of people with Beginner/Intermediate skills
demo a painting they can follow easily, but still has detail to it
give some painting tips on techniques along the way
and in the end, hope they end up with a painting they can feel proud of themselves for doing
first idea
I think an estuary view covers several aspects in technique.
1. Sky - adding different washes
2. Sea/Water/Estuary - some people find
difficulty with water
3. Putting in a focal point (in this case it's the House)
4. Adding some Movement/Life : this comes with the boat - in peoples mind viewing this, they know there will have been somebody real there at some point and a boat moves, so hence movement
5. The foreground grasses - some are at an angle which indicates breeze and movement
As I mentioned, this is just the first version of this scene.
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