This mixed media painting on canvas was inspired by a picture I took during our summer road trip to Alberta. I used acrylics, and pastels to paint and painted with brush, knife and occasionally my fingers:-)
Through the Rolling Fields, Landscape mixed media painting tutorial
This is my red under-painting, I drew a very simple outline of my landscape with a white pastel. The blue marks are some stamping I made to add a bit of texture.
I add a first layer of yellow acrylic in the sky and fields areas
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I apply some white acrylic with a rubber spatula on the sky
Introducing some blue acrylic, whenever I add a color in a part of the painting I like to add touches of the same color in other areas of the painting.
I am unifying the sky with a layer of white paint diluted in water and the foreground with a layer of orange and yellow diluted in water.
Here I start to define more elements in the landscape, the path had been painted with red acrylics and I made patterns in the wet paint with a textured tissue paper.
I continue adding colors with glazes of different colors ( acrylic mixed with medium) and paint the bushes on the left adding texture with the painting knife.
I adjust colors working now with pastels until I am satisfied with the result.
Originally from France, I have been living in North Vancouver, Canada for the past 20 years.
My work has been collected and exhibited extensively in Canada and internationally. I am also part of the Art Rentals and sales program of the Vancouver Art Gallery.
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So lovely…I enjoyed watching your process here, thanks for sharing 🙂 It is so interesting to see the colors layered and how they all work together in the final painting.
Hello Bethsciallo,
Thanks for your comment, you question is interesting. I usually work by layers so I am applying the colors separately one on top of each other. I will sometimes mix them when they are still wet, like for the blue and white on the sky in this example (that I applied with a rubber spatula and a brush), but will usually avoid to mix my glazes. Especially because I don’t have an exact idea of the final color until it is dried, the medium making the colors look milky.
I use glazes here just for the lasts steps to tie the colors together and adjust the intensity of colors, I toned down a bit the blue of the sky for example
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jus de pommes
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northpenninegallery
Just found you, interesting blog. I enjoyed reading through your technique on the ‘Rolling Fields’. The final result is stunning.
Sandrine Pelissier
Thanks northpenninegallery, I really appreciate your comment 🙂
Jo-Ann Dziubek-MacDonald
So lovely…I enjoyed watching your process here, thanks for sharing 🙂 It is so interesting to see the colors layered and how they all work together in the final painting.
Sandrine Pelissier
Thanks Jo Ann, I am glad you liked it 🙂
Jane Hinchliffe
Lovely. Thank you for sharing the process with us.
Sandrine Pelissier
Thanks Jane 🙂
bethsciallo
beautiful , quiet painting
lovely to see your progression through the paint
on a technical note: do you wait for the glaze to dry or go in wet for another texture?
Sandrine Pelissier
Hello Bethsciallo,
Thanks for your comment, you question is interesting. I usually work by layers so I am applying the colors separately one on top of each other. I will sometimes mix them when they are still wet, like for the blue and white on the sky in this example (that I applied with a rubber spatula and a brush), but will usually avoid to mix my glazes. Especially because I don’t have an exact idea of the final color until it is dried, the medium making the colors look milky.
I use glazes here just for the lasts steps to tie the colors together and adjust the intensity of colors, I toned down a bit the blue of the sky for example