Painting Demo: Abstracted Seascape Using Limited Color Palette

Going in Further with the White

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Here you can see how I scrubbed white across more of the painting, including the hills in the distance which had become too dark. Once again I knew this would be a lower layer of paint, not the final layer or two. It's all part of building up 'intriguing' color through layers or glazing.

• Why Limit the Number of Colors in a Painting?
• Getting Started with an Outline Sketch
• Blocking in Blue
• Blocking in Other Colors
• Painting the Distant Hills
• Painting Loosely
• Working in Some White
• Going in Further with the White
• Making the Sky Lighter
• The Finished Limited Palette Painting