I took this picture on the way to the lake house. The clouds were just beautiful and I thought this would be nice to paint. So tonight I tried to capture it.
This was almost too easy to paint. I used the cerulean blue in my palette on the sky. It was the perfect color for a bright blue sunny sky. I never even used my palette knife to mix colors because I mixed them right on the canvas board. I painted blue straight from the tube on the sides and then gradually added white and a little gray. Then I painted in the clouds on top of the sky. I added just a touch of ultramarine blue in the furthest clouds to give them distance.
The grassy field was super easy. I started with the dark green treeline and then lightly used that same color (a little verdian, ultramarine and lemon yellow) to give the field it's depth. Then I used straight cadmium yellow over the field... and to give it a rich wheat tone, I used a light reddest mixture of alizarin crimson and white with a touch of yellow ochre and brushed that over the tops of the grass. I added a few drops of white for the illusion of flowers... and then to be whimsical I reflected the grass off the clouds! So you see just a touch of the green grass at the base of the clouds closest to you.
I almost felt like signing this one!
