First cubes and houses, using simple shapes to create a 3D effect and mixing colors optically.

Then trees. Make a puddle of one color. Place a darker color underneath as a shadow, letting them mix.
Placing clear water as ground and using the shaft of a brush to pull color forming a trunk down into the clear water forming a shadow.

Then using negative painting to form a landscape. I used only raw sienna and sepia for this one.

Then we made skies, letting a couple of colors mix on their own. I made three skies and used the sky to inspire the landscape.

. The second day, Johan demoed how he simplifies landscapes and uses a few colors to create shadows and light.
I tried to use his technique on a winter landscape.

And then we played with colors. Using a big flat brush with several colors on, splashing it onto a paper and twirling it into an round form.
Then dropping in some shadows and using the shaft of a brush pulling out a stem.

My other paintings the second day.

One of the other participants cat, posted here.

Coconuts from the 14th May WDE.

A landscape on a photograph that I have taken.

© Mona Pihl