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Linda Wilson

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Apart from a couple of watercolours of the Antarctic, I've never painted snow.  So I am aiming to paint from a photo, I took on a railway in Norway.  However it was grim weather, although it was in summer.  I hope to be able to paint what it would look like in sunshine.  Here is the ref photo.  I was attracted to it as the exposed rock describes the shape of the landscape.

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This is a very striking photo with good perspective and composition Linda and I’m sure will make an excellent painting. Is it to be a watercolour?
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Linda Wilson

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Progress so far using acrylic and Inktense pencils.
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Progress so far using acrylic and Inktense pencils.

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Looks fantastic already.
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Linda Wilson

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Thanks Denise and Tessa.  I’ve made more progress today and it is developing faster than I expected.  I will post again tomorrow when we have day light.
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Linda Wilson

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I’ve applied some blue shadow and sky as well as darkened the closer rocks.  The dark patch in the top right hand corner is a shadow and can be ignored, but I think the sky needs another layer of paint.  But do I need to add mor sunshine by adding warm colours to the snow in the foreground?  If so should it be yellow tones or pink?

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It is looking so fresh. You are doing a great job of it.
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Linda Wilson

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Many thanks Denise.  I’m trying to persevere, but I don’t seem to like doing anything too easy.  Unless there is a struggle I loose interest. 
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Linda Wilson

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I’ve changed the colour of the houses and tried to cover up the pencil marks.  I had to decide on where the shadow of the left mountain would stop, without putting the houses in shadow, but I may change this.  Still have to make some sense of the foreground.  But I do not understand why there is no road to these cottages.  (There were no vehicles present, even in the summer.). Perhaps they are for lonely goatherds!
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Finished painting posted in the gallery.