I was going to start work on a larger painting of a dark forest in snow trying out a new way of painting the snow but I felt I needed to do a trial piece first. I decided on a Japanese painting which will be for next month's slot on Every Day Original to see if what I have in mind works as I plan on painting the snow over a dark background and scraping out twigs and branches instead of painting them on top (although I suspect that I will do some of that as well). At the moment it looks a bit of a mess but hopefully tomorrow things will make more sense.
This is the basic tonal underpainting using my usual mix of Dioxazine Purple and Burnt Sienna thinned with Liquin and applied with a rag and brush.
Oil on fine cotton 16" x 12".
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