Lake Louise, mixed media on board painting tutorial

Lake Louise, mixed media on board

You can see here the lines that I have to incorporate in the composition, on the lower half of the board.

I am drawing the people and canoe with charcoal, when done I will fix it with workable fixative.

I paint with acrylic and spray alcohol on the upper part of the painting.

I am then painting a background with azure blue acrylic mixed with medium then paint the canoes with red ink, I also spray a bit of red liquid acrylic all over the painting.

I paint a layer of white acrylic diluted in medium on the upper part to be able to stamp it later.

I then stamp a few rows of tree to symbolize a forest.

I paint inside the trees with a mix of acrylic and medium.

I draw the foreground with colouring crayons, a few herbs and flowers.

I want to subdue a bit the green on the trees, so I add a layer of yellow mixed with medium.

To make the grasses more visible, I am painting around them with a layer of yellow.

Then with a light layer of green mixed with medium.

I then paint a very watery layer of acrylic, with a bit of medium and gouache.

I then paint a very watery layer of acrylic, with a bit of medium and gouache. I did scratch some areas in the grass to make it whiter. I will also draw with charcoal to accentuate shapes in the grasses and tree areas.

I splatter with liquid acrylic, acrylic mixed in water, watercolor  and alcohol.

I paint with orange watercolor on top of the red canoes, and flowers in the grass area.

Here is a close-up of the grass and flowers area.

And here is a close-up of one of the canoes.

Lake Louise, mixed media on board, the finished painting