Finished oil painting of sunset over Derwent Water

Here is the finished oil painting started in a previous post...

Detail from "Sunset over Derwent Water" Calfclose Bay, Derwent Water, Keswick, Cumbria.
Oil. Alistair Butt © 2013 -
#AB 021322

To finish this painting I first completed the area of water, which at this time, was either still (in the bay) or small gentle ripples. This was done using a rigger brush to paint the lines - using the same colours as the sky but toned down slightly. Last to be finished, was the lake foreshore... the small stones were picking up a lot of reflected light but these highlights were painted last over a combination of three or four base colours to create the correct texture of the stony foreshore.