- In this final session we will be adding all the lovely, golden points of light on the opposite shores.
- To make sure all the dark tones are saturated, you will need to begin by washing over some of your medium (all over the whole image).
- This will ensure that the painting is as dark as it will be when varnished and it will also provide a nice smooth layer to paint the glowing lights into.
- Next you will need to paint in some pure burnt umber where the lights will be.
- Use your small detail brush for all of this as you will need to be precise with these tiny brush strokes.
- This will create a value transition for the warm light colour into the cool landscape colours.
- Then take dobs of pure cadmium yellow and paint them inside the burnt umber patches.
- They should blur slightly as they transition into the burnt umber.
- Once you’ve added cadmium yellow, the only thing left to do is paint pure titanium white within the cadmium yellow.
- This will make it feel like the yellow lights are really glowing out of the dark surrounds.
- Copy this process for all the lights in the painting and their reflections in the water.
- Once you’ve done this you should have succesfully balanced out the gloom with some lovely points of light.
Materials
- Small oil painting surface (primed canvas, panel or oil paper)
- Burnt Umber, Titanium White and Cadmium Yellow oil paint
- Small pointed brush
- Mineral spirits and linseed oil
- Easel
- Palette
- Palette cups
