Street with church in Kandern

approach — 8 steps

color palette

primary · ultramarine blue · cadmium red · yellow ochre · titanium white

secondary · viridian green · dioxazine violet · burnt umber

Mix blues and violets for the shadows on the buildings; use red and yellow ochre for the street; create greens by mixing blue and yellow.

techniques

• ·color mixing
• ·blocking in
• ·layering
• ·broken color
• ·impasto

common pitfalls

• →Overworking the colors and losing the vibrancy.
• →Getting the perspective wrong, making the buildings look distorted.
• →Not simplifying the forms enough, resulting in a cluttered composition.
• →Failing to capture the expressive brushstrokes.