snow..........got technique?

[yardartnut]

Anyone here got time to post a how to on making snow look realistic?
I know it has to be a simple tech...but for the life of me I cant paint snow to suit me...
Thanks ahead...................

[patoche]

Hi

i 've never done snow but i think i would use white for the snow and transparent blue for the shadows and dark aareas. Maybe a mix of transparent black and blue for the darker parts !

Pat

[yardartnut]

heypat! Im able to get the shades correct...just cant seem to make,,,,, like drift shadow shapes etc....
Its another one of those so simple things I cant do it ahahahhahah....
Thanks a bunch

[redneck]

what type of scene are the snow . to be painted on? snow will reflect the shadows of anything close to it, buildings ,trees , weeds,animals / brushbyair is the only one that I recall doing a snow scene

[Airbrush Dreams]

Yard, do very soft smooth gradations in your shadows and the lighter the blue the better. There are very few hard edges in snow and a little blue goes a long way. Never use black on the snow it will look fake. I learned to do snow way back when I was mostly doing oil painting in High-school. And yes I am around just have not posted in a while. Starting to get the itch to paint some more. I have had a lot of migraines lately and heading off for another MRI on Monday.

[brushbyair]

Pnut, are you looking for REAL looking snow or somthing you want to use in your yardart ( cartoonish)

[yardartnut]

Originally Posted by brushbyair

Pnut, are you looking for REAL looking snow or somthing you want to use in your yardart ( cartoonish)

Cartoonish Brush thanks...


I had to add edit some area to give more stability to the flamingo display since the legs are so tall & thin & this being coroplast [corrogated plastic]
I added a large enough area & wanted it to look like the bird was standing in some snow......of all the things I can paint I think this was kinda cra**y looking for snow & the number of years Ive been Abing ahahahahahahh.....

I tried it again on the golfing elf & its a bit better....

Im gonna try tomorrow to use large piece of cotton [cloud tech.] and the blue hues to try to work this duh me situation out ahahahha