Snowy Spaulding Meadows & Trees with Vinita Pappas (Watercolor)
In this tutorial, Vinita walks you through every step of creating a gorgeous snow scene with some spectacular shadows, the standout feature of the reference photo.
Vinita starts by painting the sky area with a brighter color to provide interest to the otherwise minimal color scheme of blues, violets, and greens. She then adds a very pale wash to the middle ground snow area to distinguish it from the foreground snow, which she leaves as the white of the paper.
Vinita paints the snow-covered mountains with a violet-blue color, mixing Chinese white in to create the illusion of fog or snow.
Follow her step by step and soon you will be able to create a piece that's wall ready too.
In this lesson you will learn:
- How to paint a snow scene on dry paper
- How to save the white of the paper when painting snow-covered mountains
- How to add interest to a painting with a limited color scheme
- How to create a very pale wash to distinguish middle ground from foreground
- How to paint distant trees and create variety in shape and size
- How to mix colors to create a dark greenish gray shade
- How to create larger trees while working quickly and blending wet paint
- How to leave white space in a painting for future additions or modifications
- How to paint graceful cast shadows on snow
- How to use Chinese white paint to create a variety of effects in a wash.
This tutorial guides you through creating a stunning snow scene with detailed shadows, using a minimal color scheme of blues, violets, and greens. With Vinita's step-by-step instructions, you'll learn to paint the sky, foreground and middle ground snow, and the snow-covered mountains with a violet-blue color mixed with Chinese white.