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Into the blue

IMPROVE YOUR LANDSCAPE PAINTING Part four of five

IN THIS SERIES, we have been looking at composition, values and colour harmonies for landscape painting. Here we will be discussing skies, which are the most important element to think about, once we have done the composition and drawing. I love skies and their variety gives us an endless number of options for composition and for depicting the colours we see in nature.

Sky is the source of light: without it we would not see colours, so the colour and the mood of the sky dictates the mood

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