We are happy to bring you the next part of Diane’s painting called “Willamette River.” In this video, she creates a deep forest in both the light areas and the dark.

Key Points To Consider:

• Diane is painting on a wet background.
• The background paint is a little tacky but is very thin, which allows the thick paint to pull off the brush
• She loads her brush with a lot of paint.
• She mixes the color she wants on the palette.
• Diane paints leaves in the brightest part of the sky first.
• She reloads her brush often but never cleans it.
• Though she is making the forest dense, she leaves some of the background showing through to separate the leaves from each other. (Didn’t quite know how to say that!)
• You can see the tree leaves in the brush before she touches the canvas. The brush, properly loaded will work as a rubber stamp and leave the print of the brush.
• She adds leaves into the shadowy part of the forest but darkens the color first.
• She intersperses the light and the darker colors to make sure there is no definite line.
• Diane talks about putting herself in the painting. When you allow your creative power to come forth and you can feel yourself in the painting, it becomes more realistic.
• Diane says to let the brush and paint do the work! Don’t work too hard!

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Happy Painting!

Laurie and Dawn

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