With the grass painted, the mural is nearly done. Painting the grass was actually more difficult than I expected, as I had to create an effect that showed the texture of the field, while also accurately depicting the distance of it. I did this by mixing lighter and darker tones of green, giving a natural look of flowing grass. I also painted some distant trees behind the hills, using different dry-brushed tones of green. Next I’m going to be adding some flowers to the field. I’ll have to keep in mind the perspective of the field so that the size of the flowers stays consistent. I’ll also have to keep the lighting in mind and ensure that the colour of the flowers doesn’t stand out as too bright among the natural colours of the rest of the mural. I’m excited to be reaching the final stage of this mural. It has been a long process with many problems I’ve had to solve. I don’t paint landscapes very often—in fact, I’ve only done a few in my whole life—so doing not only a multi-layered landscape, but one of this size, has been a very new experience for me. I can already see a few things I would have done differently, and that is knowledge I’ll use the next time I paint a natural landscape.
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AuthorLeah is an eighteen-year-old aspiring Canadian artist who enjoys drawing, painting, and photography. |