Painting Basics July 30
Below are a few quick methods for water
and 3 pictures you are welcome to play with and finish
The instructions are basic only (so experiment)

1.Sky portion
Fine Brush varying shades of Yellow and Orange


2.Water portion FineBrush Dark grey transparency 50
Bristle Brush Medium Orange
trans 50 distrib 20 brush head size 1
back and forth motion

 




 

 







(Window color picker)

3.Bristle Brush
same color range Dark

same settings

Light near top of same color range
same settings

4.Dodge Size 60 w 5 h angle near horizontal level 40 soft edge 50
advanced tab spacing 30 make your highlights

5.Ribbon size 25 trans 0 soft edge 100 advanced tab spacing 80 short clicks from side to side dark then light

Dodgesize 60w 5 h level 40 se 50 advanced spacing 30

6.warping size 5 level 40 soft edge 90
from side to side small wiggles up and down to make ripples

bristle about 4 shades from top range grass size 50 brush head 1 trans o random 7 lightly across fromside to side doing entire water area from top to bottom
paintbrush ribbon size 20 trans 90 se 30 light color small highlights

dodge tool size 15w 3 h level 40 soft edge 50 horizontal spacing 30

lightly over the highlights you made

make a sunpath

7.Burn size 85 level 38 soft edge 50 spacing 30 burn both sides of sunpath

fine brush size 25 trans 85 se 100 dark run along edges to smooth any grass strokes

Now you can add the sun as I have done here and then finish off as you see fit

  
1.Grey sun 200 350
dark grey -double pass on bottom
2.bristle grass size 115 brush head 1 distrib 32 1 pass across water area

3.bristle light grey size 75 trans 80 brushhead 1 distrib32 moving ever so slightly up and down go from side to side all the way over water area

4..lighter grey trans 60 over sunpath same movements

blur size 1 se 100 overwater

Crayon Waxy size 30 trans 97 mid to dark color range over entire area

bristle smear fine smear lightly over all

5.dodge over sun path