Clouds behind Hills. Painting

?? Challenge of a flashy background. I made this painting in four steps. - First of all I took the challenge of making a background with two colors that I never use: a fluorescent green and a very strong mauve. - Then I lined up hills and clouds, to give meaning to my painting. - And then I walked in the hills with my brushes, I worked them, with the grass, the trees, the flowers, the path, and the perspective. It was the longest part. I did it twice, and I worked on the distance of the hills from the bottom. - I finally started to do the sky, with big clouds. I was tempted to make a light sky with a simple fade, so as not to distract the attention from the hills already loaded with details, but I still worked on my clouds, and my sky, very stormy, and... it almost looks like the clouds are trying to hide behind the hills... But they are so huge that you can still see them! En français : j'ai pris le challenge de faire un fond avec deux couleurs que je n'utilise jamais : un verre fluo et un mauve très fort. Je me suis promené dans les collines avec mes pinceaux, j'ai les ai travaillées, avec l'herbe, les arbres, les fleurs, le chemin, et la perspective. J'ai finalement commencé à faire le ciel, avec des gros nuages et… On dirait presque que les nuages essaient de se cacher derrière les collines! Martine Harris™️©️2022 all rights reserved. *COPYRIGHT NOTICE: All Art images on this site are protected by the U.S. and international copyright laws, all rights reserved. They may not be copied, reproduced, manipulated or used in any way, without written permission of Martine Harris, Artist. Any unauthorized usage will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the US Copyright law.