Scarecrow in a Field

 

Okay, don't panic.  It's not as hard as it looks.   But, we aren't going to try to be very precise.  

Also, I started the painting doing the corn stalks and grass first, and midway through I decided that it would be better for you to do the scarecrow first.  So start with the scarecrow, and then follow my instructions for the rest.

I hope you can see from my drawing that I drew the scarecrow, and then just scribbled some lines where the corn stalks go.  

AFTER YOU PAINT THE SCARECROW, just make some random "corn stalk-y" brush strokes behind the scarecrow, and some larger strokes on the right and a few random ones in the grass area.  I used Cadmium yellow for this.

I used Yellow ochre to do just the scraggly tops of the corn stalks.  (We will do the rest later).  Make them different heights and shapes.

Then I painted the grass around the yellow shapes.  It's okay to leave some white.  Most of it will get covered up eventually.  No need to be neat and precise.  I forgot to mention making a few weeds along the bottom of the scarecrow's feet.  You may or may not be able to do this if your scarecrow is painted.

Here is when I decided that I should have done the scarecrow first.  

Next I used Yellow Ochre to make some corn stalk looking brush strokes behind and along side of the scarecrow.  

I used Burnt Sienna to add some darker brush strokes here and there, and some darker green in some areas of the grass.

I left the sky for last, so that I could get a good, clean yellow and yellow ochre for the cornstalks.  If I had put the sky in first, they would have looked too green.  That makes it a little difficult to do the sky, but again, this isn't a precise painting.  Just paint around the corn stalks the best you can.  It's okay to leave white so you don't go over the yellow, but if  you accidentally do go over in a few spots, don't worry about it.   The whites showing between the corn stalks and the sky may bother you.  But in this painting, I think it fits in fine.  Have fun with this and don't try to be perfect.  It should look a little shaggy.