The recent onset of winter reminded me how little colour nature needs to create a magnificent view. A cool, afternoon light, only a few colours, lack of movement and silence of the fields gave me an inspiration for a contemporary winter landscape.
Using a small selection of pigments, one can focus on composition and harmony. As a result painting becomes very personal, very ‘you’ view of the world.
As world is covered in snow, there are only blues, greys, darks. I considered phthalo blue or ultramarine for blue shade – and decided ultramarine as it has a touch of grey which is so typical for winter sky in England. I choose burnt sienna for touch of earthy colour, paynes grey – my favourite off-black for darks and of course a touch of white. I could skip paynes grey and mixed my own dark to limit palette even more.
![choosing colours for limited palette](https://anderida.art/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/paint_Selection_winter-1024x683.jpg)
Limited palette allowed me to capture mood and emotion, a feeling of cold and and the irresponsive silence of winter fields.
![Acrylic Modern Landscape Original Painting in blue](https://anderida.art/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Snow_and_Trees_blog-1024x733.jpg)
I’m very happy with this almost monochrome, contemporary winter landscape. Its so different in colours from this sunny, warm beach painting I did a few months ago. At the same time both invoke feeling of tranquility and beauty of the nature.
![Blue winter Landscape Original Painting in acrylics](https://anderida.art/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Snow_and_Trees_pin-683x1024.jpg)
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