Friday, 21 December 2012

Landscape sketch


During my recent clear out of the studio, I came across a homemade sketchbook (it was in a pile of sketchbooks and had been long forgotten due to disorganisation!!)....



I found a pencil sketch I had done on one of our trips over Exmoor and decided to paint it in - whilst trying to remember the colours at that time!




close up


The greens I used were a mix of Aureolin (yellow), Ultramarine Blue.  For the darker greens I added Neutral Tint plus more pigment of the yellow and blue.    When that had all dried I did a mix of Burnt Sienna and Prussian Blue (makes a great very dark green).

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(with many thanks to Eva & Kristin)

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    1. Thank you Robert. Hopefully I have enough information in this sketch to do a large painting one day :)

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  2. Muito lindas as aguarelas. Também andei a ver a bota do pai Natal. Bom trabalho.
    BOAS FESTAS e FELIZ ANO NOVO!
    M. Emília

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    1. Thanks Maria Emilia - Hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas and a very Happy New Year too.

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  3. Nice! And I always appreciate hearing the process. Happy PPF and Holidays.

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  4. That is very nice Ann. Hope you are all set for Christmas. Have a fabulous Friday.
    Best wishes Molly

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    1. Thanks Molly - we are as ready as we will ever be for Christmas :)

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  5. what great inspiration! It's beautiful as are all your landscapes.

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  6. Ahhh, this is my kind of landscape. Wish I was walking across it right now.

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  7. Beautiful, gestural landscape!
    ♥♥♥
    Happy PPF and Happy Holidays!!
    Mary
    Mixed-Media Map Art

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  8. Beautiful colors and composition!

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  9. What a gift to find an old journal- esp. with a pencil sketch! It looks wonderful painted! Happy PPF!

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  10. Isn't it great when we come upon hidden treasures unexpectedly? I should clear up some of my clutter-- who knows what I might find! :-)

    Your painting is lovely... it looks like beautiful countryside!

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  11. I love revisiting old art and vamping it up. This is quite beautiful!

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  12. Thank You Carla, Mary, Debbie, Carolyn and Molly :)

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  13. Oh wow, that's gorgeous! I love the colors, it's so beautiful...

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  14. beautiful watercolor sketch-what lovely shades! Happy PPF!

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  15. I love it! So serene and wonderful.

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  16. Lovely landscape! I really like the sketchbook with all its higgledy-piggledy pages!

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  17. Thanks annie!, Lisa, Linda, Mary and Robin :)

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  18. Wonderful and beautiful painting ~ ^_^ Happy Holidays to you ~

    (A Creative Harbor) aka ArtMuseDog and Carol ^_^

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  19. This has a wonderful feel to it! Beautifully done, Ann! HPPF!

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  21. Beautiful sketch, great feeling of depth and space! Happy PPF!

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  22. I like a lot your watercolor, Merry Christmas Ann : )

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  23. That came out very pretty! Have a great holiday!

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  24. The sketch and then the painting are marvelous. I enjoy both. Thanks for the tips on what the colors come out as. Blessings, Janet PPF

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    1. Glad the tips were helpful Janet :)

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  25. Ann this is fabulous. Landscape sketches are something I don't do very often and you have just given me the inspiration to do more. Thank you. Best wishes for 2013. xx

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    1. Thanks Laura. Nice to know that I have given you the inspiration to do some landscape sketching. Of course, I had to paint this one later and only had time for a quick pencil sketch at the time. Surprising how that helped though, as I managed to remember the scene later on.

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