#Painting of autumn trees how to#
#Painting of autumn trees free#

The addition of the quinacridone crimson is going to create some more golden tones within the mix.įor the willow trees in the mid ground I used less cadmium yellow in my yellow autumn mix to make a more golden yellow that is a little lower in chroma. I then round off the mixture with some quinacridone crimson. I adjust the value of the colour by mixing in titanium white which makes it lighter. I start yellow oxide and then I increase the saturation by mixing in cadmium yellow. Mixing Autumn Coloursįor the yellow autumn foliage I have kept my colour mixes simple. The tree foliage are some of the largest masses within the painting and also some of the lightest values. For the clouds which are mainly backlit I use a mix of titanium white and a very small amount of burnt sienna.įor the sky I create a simple mix of ultramarine blue and titanium white. I start with the zone that is furthest away in the painting which is the sky and I wanted to communicate the bright afternoon sun but also keep the sky simple. Now that I have established all of my dark values and shadows it’s now time to start adding the areas that are in the light. The mixture creates a warm brownish-green. I mix the tree shadow foliage with yellow oxide, ultramarine blue and quinacridone magenta. As the tree foliage is yellow so the foliage shadows will be much lighter than if it were green and this is because yellow is a light value colour, so we need to keep this in mind. Once the main areas of the darkest values are marked in I paint the shadows in the tree foliage. I use these colours so the mixture has a green cast to it. I mix the colour with yellow oxide, ultramarine blue and a little titanium white. This dark value is going to help emphasise the light values in the willows trees. The conifer trees on the hill in the mid ground are some of the darkest values to be found in this landscape. I use the same colours for the mountains in the background however I use more titanium white in the mix and ultramarine blue so the mixture has an overall blue cast to it. These are a neutral grey with a low chroma colour which I mixed using ultramarine blue, burnt sienna, quinacridone crimson and titanium white. I begin the painting by marking in the main stems of the poplar trees.

Values are how light or dark a subject is and I always paint the dark values and shadows first as this makes it easier to then paint the areas in light afterwards and get the correct saturation of colours. Whenever I start a painting I always think about the values first of all. I am using oil paint and I have mixed the burnt sienna with Liquin Original which thins the paint and speeds up the drying time.

I sketched out the composition with a No.1 round brush and burnt sienna. This warms up the painting and helps with colour and tone. I am painting on an 25cm x 35cm linen panel which I’ve toned with a thin wash of burnt sienna. No.0 round (bristle and synthetic brushes) Blocking-In The Painting.Here is a list of the brushes I used in this painting: I painted this artwork using oil paint and the colours I used in this painting are as follows:

#Painting of autumn trees free#

Please feel free to copy it if you would like to have a go at painting this art work. Here is the reference photo I used to create this painting. I hope in this blog post I can give you some ‘go to’ colour combinations for mixing autumn colours so you can confidently paint trees and foliage.

#Painting of autumn trees how to#

In this blog post I will show you how to paint this autumn scene that features willow and poplars trees and I will explain how to mix those autumn / fall colours.Īutumn is a wonderful time of year especially if you are a landscape artist, but autumn colours can be a challenge to paint.