Oil painting - Adding the detail

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Back to the sky: Starting from the horizon, work in the colour and first details of the sky.
 

 

Paint in the furthest points on the horizon working forward to the middle ground of the painting.
You can now start to paint in the details across the middle ground of the picture.
 

 

Add some detail and dark areas to the middle ground of the picture.
 

 

 

Working forward towards the foreground look for the darkest areas and paint them in.


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