My oil painting. The golden trees. Oil on hardboard

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  1. This is so beautiful, I love it! May you tell something about the process here?
    Did you pre-tend and if did you do this with carol or pencils and how many lines did you pre-tend?
    I assume you started with bright colors and proceeded with darker colors but birches…did you set highlights with white afterwards anyway?
    How about the colors, how did you choose them? Just mixed the colors until you liked it or do you have tips for this?
    And my last question, I see you set highlights with different colors e.g. blue and purple at the birches. Is it only experience and to get less afraid with every picture that colors could not match perfectly? Or do you have tips for this as well, how to choose highlight colors and how to be brave enough?

    Sorry for so many questions. I draw myself, sketched for many years since I wanted to try more colors. I do water color, oil colors and Acryl colors. I am good at drawing animals, but my landscapes… I am just not satisfied with them. Your landscape looks so peaceful and evokes many emotions. It looks realistic but painted though. I thought about buying a book but expect for the beginners tips I don‘t think it can help me much since I have to learn to draw by heart, not step for step. Was always doing it with my sketches but with colors it just doesn‘t work out, sadly.

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