Paint This with Jerry Yarnell

Underpainting the forest, reflections in the water, middle ground and rocky areas.

Blocking in background rocks; using a bristle brush to dry brush in the fog and mist; leaves on distant trees.

Applying brighter mist and sunrays; additional rocks along the shoreline; tree trunks.

Increasing the brightness of the glow; additional rocks; blocking in leaves.

Detailing and highlighting the large autumn tree; finishing the painting.

Creating a semi-stormy sky; blocking in distant mountains; under-painting the foreground using grayish greens.

Creating distinct clouds; scumbling suggests different layers of clouds; dry-brushing a brighter glow at the sunlight area and soft sunrays; blocking in bushes and trees.

Under-painting the waterfall and stream; blocking in two large tree trunks; adding small rocks.

Painting in the leaves of two trees; brightening the highlights of the stream, background area and grass.

Painting the cabin; putting the final accents on the trees, waterfall and foreground; using the script brush for weeds.

Underpainting the sky, background trees, waterfall, middle ground, body of water, and foreground rocks; adding darker trees to the background.

Intermediate details include distant trees, first layers of highlights on the waterfall and ripples on water.

Detailing the entire painting from background to foreground.