This was painted from a photograph of a painting provided by the instructor. The instructor painted the landscape on site at a rural setting in Oklahoma. Red sumac can be see in the background which is one of the first plants to change colors in Oklahoma each fall. Cedar trees are also common to the Oklahoma landscape and several of these can be seen in the painting. A blue sky with clouds marks the horizon and the hills are dotted with more cedar trees. In the foreground is a cuving red dirt road with a puddle of water. The composition of the painting first draws the viewer's eye to the puddle in the road in the foreground and then the road leads the viewer into the painting and to the trees, sumac, hills and sky.
Landscape Oil Painting Steps
1) Gesso canvas.
2) Tone the canvas using mineral spirits and burnt sienna oil paint.
3) Paint abstract forms of still life objects with burnt sienna paint onto the canvas.
4)Using burnt sienna firm up the shapes of the still life objects.
5)Using local color of objects in the still life,block in paint for the still life objects onto the canvas.
6.Thin tanslucent layers of paint are applied one over the other creating layers of color across the landscape.
7. Impasto painting is the next step. Paint is applied without spirits working darks and shadows into the painting first then lighter areas/colors.
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