PROJECT ONELIGHT & SHADOW

Winter scenes always evoke great nostalgia and give people a warm feeling. A simple palette highlights the weathered maple sugar barn in the New England countryside.

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A: The shadows establish that the light source comes from the right side of the painting.

Prepare the canvas with a heavy wash of crimson red, and use a flat-bristle brush with thinned dioxazine purple to sketch the barn, trees, and long winter shadows.

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