With the foreground and shadows roughly blocked in, my goal today is to begin on the lighter areas and the sky. This requires blocking in the darker areas of the sky, while loosely scumbling in for the highlights and lighter areas – beginning to define the entire tonal range. Another goal at this point is to keep everything loose and try not to get distracted by the details – working with a brush which might be slightly too large for detail work helps me to remain loose and gestural.
The greenish grey color here is a combination of Indigo, Umbers, Ochres and Prussian Blue with a touch of white. The scumbled highlights are with Titanium White, as it is more opaque than both Flake White and Zinc White. (I keep all three whites on my palette, as they all interact uniquely with different pigments.)
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