Color pallet when I started was yellow ochre, burnt sienna, raw sienna, and burnt umber. No greens as I am doing late Fall, and acutally after gettting much of this done I think its too bright right now.
I make a conscience effort to make subtle grades in the hills and background, but I still need to extend the grades even more. It doesnt take much of a rise to start making the background look cartoonish.
I left green out of the pallet which I think is a mistake. Shouldnt be much but I think it needs some greens to enhance the Fall color. I will be doing a test repaint by the bridge and drop the fall colors out and go to an early winter scheme to see how it looks.
The trees in the printed picture will be shaded to match the backdrop trees. 20/20 hindsight says dont stop the backdrop painting just because photo or building will be there. You may have to move it and it will show the blue sky. Just keep painting.
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