January's first lesson was "What do I do with my background now." The second was Paint a landscape with 3 or more buildings.

These lessons were done at Harbor Ridge, Palm City and Hidden Harbor, Port Salerno.

Draw a simple subject into 4 or 6 boxes on your paper and paint different backgrounds.

Demos below:

Samples from my sketchbook

More samples

More samples

 

Demo:  Adding TEXTURE to the background with random geometric shapes 

Demo:  Three or more buildings in a landscape

DEMO: 3 or more buildings in a landscape