'Meditation Creek'
STEP ONE
Mix a thin wash of Raw Sienna, remembering that watercolour dries lighter. Wash in sky area. Mix mauve in a slightly stronger consistency than sky wash. Apply to background hill. While this wash is still wet, “drop in” some Raw Sienna to represent distant trees. You will find that if the wash is too wet you will make “cauliflowers” and too dry and the paint won’t blend together (something that requires a little practice). Come down the painting with the Raw Sienna to the edge of the grassy bank.
STEP TWO
Mix a green using Burnt Sienna and Pthalo Blue (again this will take a bit of practice but if you persevere you can make a huge range of greens with these two colours and even more if you introduce Indian Yellow as well). Use this green to suggest trees at the base of
