How to Paint a Cypress Tree - Featuring Terry Ludwig Pastels
Channel: Monet Cafe' with Artist Susan Jenkins
Date: 14/08/2021

Tree moth continues! Join me as I give lots of painterly techniques on how to paint a majestic cypress tree (featuring the Maggie Price set of Terry Ludwig Pastels). 

In this lesson, I will share how to create a glowing underpainting using acrylic inks, but you could also use watercolor or even soft pastel for the underpainting. 

Here are some video examples to create underpaintings if you don't have acrylic inks:
Example of blending pastels for an underpainting (Dry method if you don't have a water-friendly surface):
https://youtu.be/uLlKRmJoutg
Example of using pastels, as a wash, for an underpainting (for water-friendly surfaces):
https://youtu.be/2WdEuROWTNc
Example of using watercolor as an underpainting (for water-friendly surfaces):
https://youtu.be/EfwZ5xTdPCY

For a Beginner lesson on trees... see the first lesson in this series:
https://youtu.be/pFbj7Jpyzwk

Enjoy, Learn and Have FUN! Below are some of the products mentioned in this lesson. 

Reference Photo from Unsplash.com:
https://unsplash.com/photos/ovn-AjW17FU

Fisher 400 pastel paper:
https://proartpanels.com/

Terry Ludwig Pastels / Maggie Price Set:
https://www.dickblick.com/items/terry-ludwig-soft-pastels-maggie-price-basic-values-set-of-60/

Daler Rowny Acrylic Inks:
Indian Yellow:
https://www.dickblick.com/items/daler-rowney-fw-acrylic-water-resistant-artists-ink-1-oz-indian-yellow/
Fluorescent Pink: https://www.dickblick.com/items/daler-rowney-fw-acrylic-water-resistant-artists-ink-1-oz-fluorescent-pink/
Purple Lake: https://www.dickblick.com/items/daler-rowney-fw-acrylic-water-resistant-artists-ink-1-oz-purple-lake/

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