Late Summer Afternoon (The Bronx)

approach — 8 steps

color palette

primary · titanium white · raw umber · burnt sienna

secondary · ultramarine blue · cadmium red · yellow ochre

Mix white with small amounts of raw umber and blue to create the cool tones of the snow. Use burnt sienna and red for the buildings, and yellow ochre for highlights.

techniques

• ·impasto
• ·broken color
• ·scumbling
• ·wet-on-dry layering
• ·color mixing

common pitfalls

• →Overworking the details and losing the loose, expressive quality.
• →Using too much detail in the figures.
• →Not capturing the subtle color variations in the snow.
• →Creating mud by over-mixing colors.