Lesson Summary
In the upcoming lesson, students will explore the art of creating visual representations of barns and their surrounding natural landscapes. This lesson will provide a comprehensive introduction to landscape painting using a wash painting technique.
Lesson Objectives
Develop proficiency in painting landscapes.
Acquire an understanding of how to apply a wash painting technique.
What to do
Mask the Boarders: Begin by masking the borders of your canvas, ensuring it's at least A4 sized or larger to accommodate your barn painting.
Sketch Your Barn: Utilize a photo reference to create a detailed drawing of a barn using the two-point perspective drawing system. Visualize how the vanishing points extend beyond your canvas, and remember that all lines converge toward a vanishing point.
Create the Background: Lightly sketch the background landscape, removing any unnecessary pencil lines and refining the overall composition.
Prepare for Painting: Set up your drawing on an easel if accessible. Ensure you have brushes, paints, and a bucket of clean water ready for the next steps.
Paint the Sky: Start by selecting the sky color and apply it as a light wash. Begin painting from the top of your canvas and work your way down to the horizon. Apply each brushstroke directly beneath the previous one.
Paint the Landscape: After completing the sky, allow it to dry. Begin painting your landscape, adjusting the opacity and contrast of colors based on the object's nearest to the foreground.
Focus on the Barn: Save the barn for last, employing a more opaque painting technique. This will effectively cover over the sky and landscape.
Refinement: Add finer details and touch up various parts of your painting. Remember to enhance the details and contrast in your landscape as objects approach the foreground. Keep in mind that objects closer to the foreground will appear more detailed, intense, and vivid.
Terminology
Wash Painting — A painting technique in which paint is diluted and applied as a semi-transparent layer of colour
Gradation — A gradual change from one tone or color into another tone or color.