Start with the background...In this painting, I bagan with the lighter colors. Using sunshine yellow, a dab of orange, a hint of purple, white and ivory, I started in the middle of the canvas bringing my light colors across to create the morning sky. Next, using a deep blue mixed with a drop of black and starting from the outter top corners of the canvas, I brought those colors inward, towards the center. Then I used a lighter blue mixed with a drop of deep blue and began in the middle of the top part of the sky bringing them out to mix and mingle with the deep blue and black mixture. I used this technique of blues and black for the bottom as well, which brings the lighter part of the sky to life. Once this part of the background is set, take a thin brush and underneath the top sky of blue, one the yellow, place a thin line of white. This will separate the sky (yellow & top portion of the blue sky) even though they are part of the same sky and make the top darker part of the sky come forward. Then...on the bottom of the yellow part of our sky I used a black to create the tree-line. Doing this, it tricks the eye and sets our land. Stay tuned for more on this painting as we attempt to paint it step by step.