Autumn Pastorale 2

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Defining Scenery

Now it’s time to sketch in the farm spread, forest, and preliminary shadows on the hill. As I did the scenery, I painted it upside down, and a little lighter, in the pond at the same time (this is the easiest way to do reflections). The trees don’t look very natural at this point, as I was concentrating on placement and used very dark shades of color. In fact, I’ve been told that the farmhouse trees are all floating off the ground—which they actually are!