![]() ![]() ![]() The vertical area can gradually get wider as you go down to the bottom of the canvas. Paint them in a vertical area just under the moon. Use your #8 round brush and titanium white to paint white water reflection lines under the moon. “Dry brush” the white paint around the moon to create “moon beams” around the moon that radiate out into the sky and fade away. Then load your brush in just the white but wipe some of it off. Then mix a small amount of phthalo blue and do small little dotted texture on the moon. Paint this in the upper right area of the sky. You can paint thin vertical lines in between some of the trees for more trees that are way in the distance. Make a variety of trees across your horizon line. Then drag the branches downwards forming the conical tree shape. Use the tip of your round brush and mars black. Then loosely paint reflection under the land. Paint a low hilly land area above the horizon line. ![]() Slightly water down the black so that the paint will flow. Tip: make sure you test out an area first before splattering your stars. You can also flick a regular paint brush to do this. You can use a toothbrush dipped in slightly watered down white paint to do this effect. Next splatter stars on the sky and a little on the water. You can add a little white into it to lighten the color up if needed. Keep adding the phthalo blue/ phthalo green combination down to the bottom of the canvas. Blend that down the canvas, blending it with the phthalo blue. Then load your palette with phthalo green. ![]() Tip: it may be helpful to rinse or dry your brush off if the colors don’t seem to be blending right. Gradually add more phthalo blue to the brush so the water gets darker. Use the full width of the brush and make sure your paint goes all the way across (not stop in the middle). Paint the water using left and right strokes. Next add a little more white to your brush and paint left and right strokes under the horizon line. Blend the white into the blue so that it becomes lighter. Next, load your brush (without rinsing the brush) in some titanium white. Use the full width of the brush and make sure your strokes go all the way across the canvas. Start at the top and paint in an arc direction. Load your palette with phthalo blue and titanium white. Note: if you are using a larger canvas, estimate a little further down. Then measure 4″ from the top and draw a horizontal line with a straight edge. Position your canvas so that it is vertical. ![]()
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