My Tuesday night pastel class wants to have a lesson on "water". This blog will be photo heavy since I think the progression of the demonstration is the most instructive.
The focus of my painting is not only water reflections but the play of light on the creek bank. The left side of the creek is mostly in shadow and the right side is in sunshine.
When working with water especially reflections I try not to have an exact replication of the scene similar to a Rorschach ink blot test. Reflections are also closer in value to each other than what is reflected. In other words the dark colors are lighter and the light colors are darker. That creates a closer value of colors in the reflection.
Also I create most of my reflection strokes as vertical strokes since what is being reflected is growing upward in a vertical direction. At the very end of the drawing I'll add horizontal stokes to reflect movement in the water.
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| Final for "Red River Autumn Reflectons" |
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| Value study |
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| Sketch in basic shapes |
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| Watercolor underpainting |
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| Start adding pastel - darker colors first |
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| Close-up of sky colors. Add similar values but vary the colors |
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| Continue adding more details with pastel |
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| Add more specifics in sky and trees. Left side in in shadow and right side is in sunshine |
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| Getting close to finish but reflection shapes are too dark and edges too sharp |
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| Wipe out reflections using a paper towel to get a softer look to the water |
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| final version |
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