Moonlit Snowy Scene On The Farm

Title

Moonlit Snowy Scene On The Farm

Artist

Conni Schaftenaar

Medium

Painting - Watercolor On Paper

Description

Moonlit Snowy Scene on the Farm, watercolor painting by Conni Schaftenaar.

I love a peaceful winter scene with snow in the trees and a calm moon shining down! This is the second (and last for this winter!) snowy scene in moonlight I've painted in the winter of 2017.

Our watercolor class was focusing on snow, trees, moonlight, and buildings, so I dug out a photo I had taken on our farm in West Michigan years ago of a pre-dawn sky looking southeast from my driveway toward snow-covered trees along side our driveway and horse pastures. The moon, of course, rises in a similar orientation, and my photo didn't show any sun at all, just the dark blue sky with a hint of purply light banding the middle area. I added the moon, which probably should have been slightly left of where I placed it to be accurate for the time of year!

I drew out my scene, masked where the moon would be, some tiny masking spots for white highlights on the snowy areas, and then flooded the rest of the paper with the palest blue/gray visible in the lowest foreground area. I then masked where snow lay on the trees and horizon line and buildings, some additional spots across the snowy foreground to preserve the palest blue, and then, beginning at the horizon line, added darker blue/gray, comprised of a mix of Ultramarine Blue and Payne's Gray. I added the faintest tint of Violet in the somewhat lighter sky area under the moon. After painting in the trees with Payne's Gray, I ended up adding another pale glaze of the blue/gray mix to the snow on the tree branches, as it ended up too bright. I hope you find this scene peaceful and moving!

3rd Place winner in Female Artists' Landscapes/Seascapes contest, September, 2017, featured on group's home page Sept. 24-30.
3rd Place Tie in Midwest America Artists Winter Logo Contest, Dec. 2017
2nd Place Tie in Winter Blues Paintings Contest, December 2019
3rd place Tie in Landscape Paintings Contest, June 2020
3rd Place in the Your Best Landscape Contest, July 2020
3rd Place in the Your Best Landscape Painting or Photograph Contest, October 2020
3rd Place in the Baby, It's Cold Outside Contest, December 2020
3rd Place in the Winter Wonderlands - Scenic Holiday Art - No Photography contest, December 2020
Honorable Mention in the Winter Wonder contest, January 2021
Honorable Mention in the Moon contest, January 2021
3rd Place in the Painted Landscapes contest, January 2021
3rd Place tie in the Land Scape contest, June 2021
3rd Place Tie in the Moonscape Paintings contest, June 2021
Honorable mention finish in the Moon Art contest, August 2021
2nd Place Tie in the Landscape Painting contest, September 2021
1st Place Tie in the Night Sky - Paintings Only contest, September 2021
2nd Place tie in the Snowy Winter Paintings contest, November 2021
3rd place in the Snowy Fun and Winter Scenes contest, January 2022
1st place tie in the Full Landscape - No Cityscapes contest, January 2022
Honorable Mention tie finish in the Snow Stillness and Serenity contest, February 2022
2nd place tie in the Night and Dark Art contest, July 2022
3rd place in the Landscapes contest, November 2022
1st place tie in the No Place Like Home Winter 2022 Logo contest, December 2022
Honorable Mention Tie in the ARTIST BUZzz Chillaxing contest, January 2023
1st place win in the Landscape Painting contest, April 2023
2nd place win in the Only The Beauty of Winter contest, July 2023
3rd place win in the Winter Wonderland contest, August 2023
2nd place win in the Landscape Painting contest, September 2023
2nd place tie in the Snow contest, October 2023
3rd place tie in the Snowy Watercolor Landscapes contest, February 2024

Featured in these FAA Groups:
Art District, March, 2017
Exclusively Drawings & Paintings, March, 2017
Female Artists, March, 2017
Painting Cafe, March, 2017
Images That Excite You, February, 2017
Landscapes and Animals Paintings, Dec. 2018
1000 Views On One Image, October 2019
Lyrical Trees Vibrant Wavelengths of Color, November 2022
Winter Wonders, November 2022
Hand Created Artwork Only, November 2022
Fine Arts Watercolor, November 2022
Art For the Cafe or Restaurant, November 2022
Painting The Old Way - Oil Watercolor Acrylic, November 2022
The ARTIST BUZzz, November 2022
Welcome Fine Artists, December 2022
Beautiful Watercolors, May 2023
The Art Workshop, May 2023
Your Best Work, May 2023

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