Francis Bay II step 3 11 x14 oil on board

 I have actually consolidated 2 steps here. Typically I would do the sky next, but for this painting I did the green mountains first. I needed to create a shadow effect as well as give a sense of increasing distance. For that I added increasing amounts of cerulean blue and white to both blue and gray the distant mountains. Then I added the sky-as there is often overlap where sky and mountain meet I wanted to have some of the green blend into the sky and not as much blue into the mountain. As I had a bit of green blue mixed I began to put some into the water as well, adding in some waves and sense of depth into the water