When you remove all of the green foliage, the ground is essentially shades of brown (to state the obvious). If I were to redo this...

Today I added more trees and shrubs in the middle of the painting, obscuring more of the river portion. Shadows were added at the base...

At this stage of the painting, I am beginning to fill-in portions of the composition. Additional values are added in the shadier spots...

Here we begin to block in the distant hills. Since the web of trees will become a focal point of the painting, we want to complete the...

The finished paintings seen on this website were begun with an underpainting. An underpainting is a wash of colors and values that set...

Landscapes can be seen as planes of distance: the further away you see, the less defined, hazy, and lacking of true local color seen...

Working a pastel painting entails building up layers of pigment with refinements that add depth and atmospheric effects. Note the upper...

Further refinements. Balanced the canvass with more foggy and shady blue tones. Reduced green grass area in middle, replacing with...

Today's changes include adding more detailed grasses in the foreground. By grabbing attention to the foreground grasses, the middle...

Note the depth in value in the foreground grasses. Today, as can be seen at the lower right of the painting, I have added highlights...

Marton Road in Pittsfield Township. Soft pastel on sanded paper. Wrapping up the top half and will start refining the grassy area in...

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