We will now look at how to paint the distant hills in this painting.
The distant hills were painted (Ultramarine Blue and a small amount of Alizarin Crimson), without any pre-wetting as I wanted to create a bright “clear day†effect – I did pre-wet one small area between the hills to enhance the feeling of distance. While the bottom of this wash was still wet I dropped in the distant tree line, on the left, again leaving some under wash showing through in patches to indicate distant fields.
StepThree how to paint distant hills
Continue to: Freemans Reach Painting The Middle Ground  Return to: Step 2, Initial wash for watercolor landscape painting.
