AUTUMN

SCENE
 Autumn Scene
In this painting you will
learn how to express
nature's most colorful
season: autumn. Distant
mountains accentuate the
background of this
painting, while a wide band
across the middle shows
the vibrancy of autumn
foliage reflected into calm
water in the foreground.
EQUIPMENT AND
PAINTS
21/2-inch brush
 appearance of the ridges
1-inch brush
 and valleys on the
Bill’s Original Palette knife
 mountainside. Follow the
Magic White™
 hypnotize the paint with a
Titanium White
 clean and dry brush.
Cadmium Yellow
 mountains, using Titanium
Permanent Red
Alizarin Crimson
Sap Green
Prussian Blue
Van Dyke Brown
PREPARING THE
CANVAS
Prepare the canvas by
covering it completely with
a thin, even coat of Magic
White.
SKY AND WATER
Load your 2 1/2-inch brush
with Prussian Blue and,
starting at the top of the
canvas, use rapid criss-
cross strokes to paint the
sky. As you move down the
canvas, the sky will
gradually lighten. Clean
and dry your brush and
hypnotize the sky. Do not
smooth out the sky
completely, however; leave
some variation in the
intensity of the blue. With
more Prussian Blue and
your 2/2inch brush, use
long horizontal strokes to
paint the water at the
bottom of the painting.
Move up slowly from the
bottom; your strokes
should be smooth and
even. When you have
finished the water,
MOUNTAINS
The mountains in this
landscape can take any
shape you envision. The
paint for the mountains is a
mixture of Titanium White,
Prussian Blue, and Alizarin
Crimson. Form the tops of
the mountains with your
palette knife; try to use as
little paint as possible-
scrape the paint into the
canvas-because you will
be applying more paint
over the mountain color.
When you have finished
the basic form of the
mountains, cut down the
bottom of the mountains
with your clean and dry
212-inch brush to create
mist at the base of the
mountains.
The next step is to shape
and define the light and
shadow sides of the
mountains. Highlight the
light sides with Titanium
White and a touch of
Cadmium Red. Apply the
paint with your palette
knife, moving with the
shape of the mountain.
The rough texture of the
paint creates the
same technique for the
shadow sides of the
White with a small amount
of Prussian Blue.
TREES AND FOLIAGE
Begin the trees and foliage
by loading your 1-inch
brush with a mixture of
Prussian Blue, Van Dyke
Brown, Sap Green, and
Alizarin Crimson. Paint a
dark band of both fir and
leaf trees all the way
across the middle of the
landscape. Use your 1-inch
brush for all the foliage.
For the fir trees, the end of
the brush should be first
shaped to a very narrow
 Close-up on Selected Techniques
and Details for Autumn Scene

Pick up Titanium White with a touch of

Form the basic shapes the mountain by
scraping the paint onto the canvas with the
long edge of your palette knife.
Pull down the paint at the base of the
mountain with your clean and dry 2
1/2-inch brush to create a misty
Cadmium Red with the long edge of
your palette knife to highlight the light
side of the mountain.

Highlight and contour the light side of the mountain with your Use the long edge of your palette knife to cut in tree trunks.
palette knife. Notice how the paint “breaks” on the mountain.

edge to form the tops of the trees. As you crooked.

move down each tree, turn the brush from side
to side to widen the tree. For the leaf trees, the The autumn colors highlighting the leaf trees
bristles of the 1-inch brush should be open, and shrubbery are made with two different
and the paint should be “stabbed” onto the colors: Cadmium Yellow and Cadmium Red.
canvas. Be sure to carry the general form of Thin both paints with Magic White and "fire"
the trees and foliage into the water to provide a them into the foliage with your 1-inch brush.
basis for their reflections. Remember to carry these vivid highlights into
the water.
When you have finished the dark band of trees
and foliage, cut in tree trunks with your palette REFLECTIONS AND SHORELINE
knife and Titanium White. Vary the shape of the
USE your 2 1/2-inch brush and light vertical
tree trunks, making some straight, others
Use Cadmium Yellow and Permanent Red thinned with
Magic White™ to highlight the trees. Load your 1-inch brush
with this mixture and press the bristles into your palette to
open up the brush.
“Fire” the highlights into the trees.
strokes to pull the reflections down through the
water. Then shimmer the reflections with light
horizontal strokes.
With your palette knife and Cadmium Yellow
thinned with Magic White, cut in a shoreline at
the water's edge. To show a bit of land above
the shoreline, make short vertical strokes with
your palette knife to carry the paint up into the
foliage. Also use the same paint mixture and
your palette knife to make some patches of
leaves floating in the water.
The 1-inch brush should be loose and open before adding
highlights to the trees.
After you have carried the reflections of the trees into the water, use
your 2 1/2-inch brush to pull the reflections down through the water.
FINISHING THE PAINTING
If necessary, cut in more tree trunks and
branches with your palette knife and Magic
White, and make some more water ripples.
Remember to use the heel of the palette knife
for tree trunks and the top point for the
branches.
You can also intensify the shoreline by adding
ocher, a mixture of Titanium White, Cadmium
Red, Cadmium Yellow, and Van Dyke Brown.
Apply the paint with your palette knife along the
shoreline; if you wish, carry a sand spit into the
water.
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