Next stage of the Cumbrian oil paintings...

Carrying on from the previous post this is the third painting shown. As mentioned an interesting sunset over Derwent Water, near to Keswick in Cumbria attracted my attention...

Although only showing one of them here, all four oil paintings shown in the previous post were given their base colours. Done with some care but quickly placing colours relating to the area are painted and in some cases become the underlying but also the finished colour. 

It's a choice of spend more time getting the colour/s and position 100% now or do a quick under paint and add the detail in later stages...

This image shows this painting a bit more than half way finished. The sky has been completed using a variety of mixes from pale blues to warm reds and yellows, all done wet against wet or wet into wet using either rigger brushes or Rosemary & Co's Ivory range - different sizes and shapes.

Next was the simple background fells, a case of mixing the correct colours needed, before moving onto the line of trees which were mostly dark greens with some areas catching some reflected light from the sky. The tops of the trees were painted into the wet sky with some sky colour added afterwards.

Some additional work was started on the water before finishing the days work but at this stage just simple shapes and a few lines ready for the next stage - adding the ripples on the water and finishing the foreground...