Discover how to paint a snowy street scene in acrylics with Charles Evans, using simple yet effective techniques to bring winter charm to your artwork.
This is a predominantly acrylic painting of the lovely little market town of Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, where I’ve enjoyed hosting quite a few painting holidays. So, why paint a snowy street scene? The majestic St Edmundsbury Cathedral is in the background whilst the snow is still fresh on the ground, making for a magical winter scene.
Here, you’ll see I’ve done a complex outline drawing. With the ¾” Flat I pre-wet the whole sky area with water, then painted on watercolour Cobalt Blue all the way down. I then simply washed and squeezed the brush and lifted out a few clouds. The rest of the painting was done using acrylics.
All the buildings in the distance were done using the size 8 Round brush and well-watered Raw Umber, dropping in a touch of Burnt Sienna here and there while still wet. For the darker areas I used Paynes Grey, again well-watered.
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I pre-wet each of these buildings, then dropped on Raw Sienna, then Burnt Sienna followed by Raw Umber, then let the colours
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