Start with these reference images:
>Using the value study as a guide, leave your white shapes your lightest values. Carve out around these shapes with the different local hues from the photograph. This is done in one continuous wash. Let dry.
Drop in the local hue on the flowers. Start to build up your shapes with middle values hues, leaving your first wash to show through in some areas. Use a piece of a credit card to scratch out some grasses. While the pigment is still wet on the roses, use a credit card to show some line work and shape on the roses.
Now start to show your dark shapes from your value study. To build up the flowers, add another darker value to show a shadow side. Divide up the shape into smaller shapes with value and dark shapes. When the roof is dry, show line work which will give the roof some texture. Also show some line work in the flower stems and grasses.
Do your darks hold the painting together? Is your composition working? Do you have a full range of values?
Start with the background and work to the foreground. Work light values to dark values. The first wash will consist of all light values, starting with the sky and working your way down the page with local hues. After putting pigments on the page for the rock forms, take a credit card and scrape out the highlight side of the rock. Let this wash dry.
Start defining the foliage shapes using your value study, putting in the mid range values. Indicate some tree trunks and branches. Do some negative painting on the rocks, (painting behind the shape). Show a reflection in the water from the rocks. A reflection is a mirrored image of what is above it. Let this wash dry.
Using our darker values, start to accent your dark areas, as indicated on your value study. Darken the reflection shapes and while this is still wet use a piece of a credit card to indicate some horizontal lines in the water on the reflections. Ask yourself if you have a wide range of values, does your composition work? Stand back from your work and make adjustments as needed.
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