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Iceland

You cannot get a more picturesque landscape than that in Iceland. One that is full of mountains, volcanos, geisers, hot spring and lava fields. This is the home of the Vikings.

(actual location)

Location : http://www.mapcrunch.com/p/63.550715_-19.79394_53.9_-10.69_0

Here I will start with a rough sketch from the angle and perspective that is dynamic. To get that dramatic effect I slightly bend my angle to give a good position for me to include a cloudy sky.

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I will start with the colour on the clouds by trying a few colours that is suitable to get the cloud mode and to get the stormy weather I will add more blue on the gray to make the entire location feel much colder.

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After getting the colour source from the clouds I will focus on the ground area where I will include some warm colours on this part. Colours such as yellow ochre, olive green and orange is my choice of colours for this area.

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After getting the key colour for the ground, I will tidy up the location and the colours on the trees.

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I try to balance between the colour of the sky and the ground and now I work towards the house. This time I will use the lasso tool to get a flat colour on the house. This part I will use many layers to separate each part of the house.

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I then colour the 4 whell drive. This vehicle I will stylize to create the shape of a vehicle to look a bit cartoonish.

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I will enhance the colour of the cloud by including lightslategray, the contrast of the cloud I will increase to ensure that the cloud is right near the house so that my composition will look more appealling.

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I wil add more details on the ground by including colours. I will darken the part of the foregound so that it will focus more towards the house.

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To get the impact of a good composition I will add some touch of the sunlight on the cloud that is near to the house. The foregound I will include some wooden fencing to make it a focal point in the artwork and this process I will try to increase the temperature around the house.

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For the last part I will increase the colour contrast so that the painting will look astonishing. I am very happy with my work and this is an unexpected idea of placing the touch of the sunlight towards the clouds. It is unexpected but it is a pleasant discovery myself. Here the impact is a more dramatic feel to the entire piece and I like what I see.