Landscape Painting - Kenosha to Breckenridge Trail - 30" x 30" Oil

Here is a step-by-step demonstration of the painting "Kenosha to Breckenridge Trail".

Step 1 - To begin with I blocked in the major shapes and colors. The painting is very abstract at this point. Next I wiped out as much paint as possible where the aspens will be painted in.

Step 2 -  I painted in the aspen trunks and began to put in a few branches and dark spots on the trees. I also painted in some of the leaf shapes and added some shadows to the trail.

Step 3 - I then added more leaves both at the tree tops and on the ground. I begin to adjust the color on the tree trunks, to put in smaller branches, and more of the dark spots on the trees. I added some fallen branches and some roots going across the trail. I also added the light highlight color above and around the dark places at some points.

 

Step 4 - I continued to add small branches and more dark spots working up the trees. I add some of the deep yellow leaves and the orange color to the ground. I continue to adjust the color of the tree trunks.

Step 5 - I put in some of the yellow-green leaves in the trees and begin to add detail to the foreground. I paint some of the sky back in to allow more light to come through onto the trail.

 

Step 6 - I continue working all over the painting, adding leaves and branches, adjusting colors, and finishing up the right foreground. I further define the focal point, which is the end of the trail, by creating more contrast and detail, and by darkening the shadows on the trail leading up to it.

 

 Kenosha to Breckenridge Trail - Available

I painted this landscape painting from one of my son's photos. I didn't have an autumn aspen photograph and he kindly provided some. These aspens are so beautiful. I wish that I had been on this hike. This landscape painting is not framed but the canvas is gallery wrapped with painted sides.

Color, contrast, and cropping are close to the original but not exact.

Contact the artist, Daniel Fishback for information about this painting by email: dfis...@swbell.net or by cell: 314-276-8880.

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Daniel Fishback - Artist Saint Louis, Missouri
314.276.8880

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