Okay, it’s done! One thing I’m not totally satisfied with is that the darkest green of the outfit looks almost black. I’m not sure if it was my color choice (“Forest Green” — a premixed color — by Chroma Atelier), or if it’s because I had painted that value map with such a dark color.

It was an interesting experiment to follow along (more or less) with the painting lesson on Ali Kay‘s Fresh Paint site. Next up will be a painting of two kids building a snowman.

I changed my mind… I am, in fact, following along with cute kids-playing-in-the-snow painting lesson on Ali Kay‘s Fresh Paint site. The first step was to make a value map showing the dark and light areas. Then I did the snow and trees, and the snow — even if it looks white — is tinged with phthalo blue. (I’m actually using the Liquitex Soft Body “Light Blue Permanent” which is a pre-mixed combo of Phthalo Green, Phthalo Blue Green Shade and Titanium White. I’ve added more white to it. (As it almost gone, I’m also using Liquitex’s BASICS “Light Blue Permanent” which is the same color mix.)

There are a couple of cute kids-playing-in-the-snow painting lessons on Ali Kay‘s Fresh Paint site. I’m going to do my own painting rather than follow along with Ali Kay, but one thing I noticed in her final painting that I liked was that the child and the distant background have what looks like a magenta undertone, while the snowy area has an orange undertone.

So, I’ve traced the provided 8×8 template on to an 8×8 canvas, and I’ve painted the magenta red, and the orange.