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ANSWER TO MYSTERY TECHNIQUE #141:
I started by painting a blue sky. Before it dried, I lifted out the blue in places with a wadded-up paper towel and quickly added yellow to suggest distant foliage. After this layer dried, I painted the shape of the tree trunk with water, then added a mixed grayish brown and scratched into the wet paint with the end of a metal paint tube to add linear details. Next I added the first layer for the ground.
To make the distant foliage more dimensional, I used a modified brush to make a series of irregular green marks and added hints of branches and trunks.
I suggested the forest floor with small irregular brown and green strokes. After the painting was completely dry, I added more definition and detail with a Micron .05 black pen.
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