Saturday 31 March 2012

APRIL 2012 CHALLENGE
Reflections in Water
Hosted by Maria Kovalenko Leysens

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Welcome to the Daily Painters of Pennsylvania Challenge Blog!

My class asked me to do a demonstration on sky and water reflections. 
We did a small creek last week so this week we will take 
on a bigger scale. I am posting two images to choose from, or you
 can choose your own.  Calm water gets darker as it gets
 closer to the viewer. You can see into the depth more.
 The reflections of busy water still takes it's color cue from what
 is above. Have fun with the brushwork. Exaggerate the colors if you
 like, crop and find a composition that speaks to you.
 
I will post my examples next week.
 
Good luck, and Happy Painting!

Rules of the Challenge:

1. This monthly Challenge is for DPP members only,
but anyone is welcome and encouraged to make comments on the posts.

2. Submit your Challenge entry just as you would a regular post - with
a picture of your entry and anything you would like to write about
your experience with this particular challenge. You are welcome to
submit more than one entry.

3. All entries must be posted no later than midnight April 30, 2012.

4. To get a larger, high-resolution version of the monthly Challenge photo, just click on
the photo in this post.

5. Please put only your name in the label section of your post - thanks!
(Your name should appear exactly as it does on the DPP blog)

6.  Please follow the spirit of this challenge - all submissions must be created
after the Challenge has been posted.

7. Have fun!

2 comments:

Mary Beth Brath said...

Great challenge Maria! Thank you for hosting this month's study.

Maria Kovalenko Leysens said...

Thank you Mary Beth.
So many ways to do a sky and water. I can't wait to see what others decide to do.