Canadian Pacific Railway CP 8856 Powering through Early Snow - background color scheme
This is the first stage of the painting. I made the background color scheme by blocking-in the main colors with soft pastels on heavy, course-grained watercolor paper - and then going over the different areas with clean water on a paint brush in order to make a watercolor wash effect.
I am basing this painting on a really nice photo by Jim Winsor.
http://www.facebook.com/jim.winsor.75
Photo used as reference material with Jim's very kind permission.
The original photograph on which this painting will be based, can be down-loaded at:
http://www.photoartf...ailway-cp-8856/
The photo was taken in October 2011 and Jim writes:
"This was so far the most significant snowfall we have had yet this year. I braved the elements today to capture this rare for me image of such a beauty. I arrived at this location and it was dull and overcast which soon gave way to a lite blowing snowfall. This beauty could be heard off in the distance and low and behold out of the blowing snow she came."
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