Forest Fire 3

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Final Detail

Now that everything’s dry, it’s time to finish up the tree leaves and pond ripples. I put even sharper detail on the fence posts since they’re in the foreground. After removing the rubber cement, I nestled in some nice barns and houses below the trees. The way to harmonize two contrasting colors in a picture like this is to buffer the intensity of one of the colors.By adding some of the complementary color, in this case blue to the orange, the red-orange does not clash with the intense blue and green. It sounds complicated, but really makes a nice painting!

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