Virtual Field Trip: Winter Wonderlands
Join me on a virtual field trip sketching winter wonderlands around the world! Experiment with different ways to represent snow and ice . . . from the comfort of your warm studio!
We’ll learn about wavelengths and why snow is white and glaciers are blue; explore using blue for shadows in show; practice winter “colorways;” how to represent animal tracks; and sketch some icicles.
Sketch along or just observe, I’ll narrate as I go to demonstrate why I choose to focus on what subjects and how to quickly capture them in your field notebooks and nature journals.
If you’re shy, don’t worry—we don’t require anyone to share their work and you can remain completely anonymous and worry-free!
Length: 2 hours
Resources from the Workshop
WHAT COLORS?
French Ultramarine Blue - granulating, makes lovely grays by mixing with Burnt Sienna. Also makes beautiful snow-shadow and sky colors.
In my mini triad palette Daniel Smith (CMY = cyan, magenta, yellow) plus two extras —
Manganese Blue Hue
Quinacridone Rose
Aureolin Yellow (Cobalt Yellow PY40)
Burnt Sienna
Indanthrone Blue
Other useful colors:
Readymade grays - Payne’s Gray or Jane’s Gray (which is French Ultramarine and Burnt Sienna already mixed).
Fun - Shadow Violet and Moonglow, are more purpley grays.
PRACTICING WINTER COLORWAYS WEBLINKS
Study in Blue, by Scott Kranz Photography:
https://www.scott-kranz.com/landscape-portfolio
Lake Solitude, Grand Tetons, Wyoming:
Kenai Fjords, Alaska:
CANELO HILLS VIRTUAL FIELD TRIP IN 360-DEGREE VIEW:
https://360exploring.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/WinterWonderland/output/index.html
METADATA AND NATURE DATA for CANELO HILLS, SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA, USA:
31.557 degrees N
110.55 degrees W
5,182 feet
Sunrise 7:12AM / Sunset 6:02PM
Moonrise 2:42AM / Moonset 1:12PM
High 65 / Low 37
Clouds: Altocumulus “mackerel” sky
Original pages by Roseann, completed onsite during the real field trip in January.
Virtual Field Trip Pages by Roseann
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