Here is the mountain landscape I am working on as it looked on December 11th (though I actually photographed it the next morning.) As with my most recent mountain painting, I am using acrylic paint and pasted paper. I am using colored tissue paper to establish shapes, based on my photo reference (posted here December 12th). Working this way puts the emphasis on strong, simple shapes that I then paint into. In addition, I am also using the pasted paper for color mixing. For example, that dark green (the darkest area) began with pasted maroon tissue paper, which I then painted into with a medium green (Hooker's Green). Working in a new way is exciting but scary. I take courage because this method worked well for my last painting ("Near Colorado Springs," posted here November 20th.)
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