Landscape Painting Reflective (250+ words)

My first step in creating this landscape painting was I painted the outline with white paint. I used straight/curvy lines to do this and the lines met on the horizon. Next, I used the primary colours and secondary colours to fill in the sky/road/mountains/valley. Once that was complete, I used different shades of colours to create a sense of depth on the picture plane. Lastly, I touched all the sides up so the different colours for each object would not overlap each other.


During this process, I learned that the colour of an object does not have to be the same colour you paint on to the landscape. For example, in real life humans picture a road to be dark grey; whereas in my painting I made the road light grey and different shades of blue. Also, we picture mountains to be dark brown and/or black, in my painting I incorporated different shades of all the colours to create a sense of depth on the picture plane.

(Both are shown below)

Another technique I learned was dry-brushing. It is when you apply a little paint to the brush and then paint long lines, what happens is bits of paint are applied to the board and some of the colour underneath is visible. This technique also creates a sense of depth on the picture plane. An example of this is shown on the picture above in the mountain, the light blue greenish colour on top and the brown coming up from the bottom. (sorry about the picture being horizontal i don't know how to fix that)

Also, in Thursday's class I learned that when a person paints without any intention you can produce some amazing lines/colours. I think that when you paint you should let your mind take over and if you make a mistake not to paint over it or clean it off but leave it on and start from there and make something different out of it.

One area I feel I have to improve on is, not being afraid to paint different colours onto objects and not sticking to what a person sees in real life. In the fist couple of classes, I was only using primary and secondary colours to paint my landscape, but when Mrs. Cockburn suggested I use different shades, my painting began to improve. My road is not dark grey and my mountains are not black/brown, they are the colour that I wanted it to be, and because of that my painting looks much better that it did when I was only using the regular colours. To sum it up, I have to experiment with different colours and not be afraid to change something that does not look as it does in real life. I will ultimately create depth and also at the same time portray what is coming out of the individuals mind.