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STEP-BY-STEP
RAVEN
LEAVES AND VIOLET
STEP 1
Basecoat.
STEP 3
Blend.
LET’S PAINT
Note: The remainder of the project is done with Cobra Water Mixable Oil Colors only. If a thinned color is called for in the instructions, use water or Cobra Paint- ing Medium for thinning. Use the size brush that best fits the area in which you are working. When blending use a no. 2 chisel blender or the no. 0 mini flat or mini filbert or no. 0 chisel blender to basecoat an area; use any of these brushes to blend. Wipe the brushes between color applications and blending.
RAVEN
EYE: Use the monogram liner to basecoat the iris with Turquoise Blue. Basecoat the pupil with thinned Ivory Black.
Use the monogram liner to highlight the iris with small dots of Titanium White. Apply the final highlight dot with the 20/0 monogram liner and Titanium White.
STEP 2
EGGS PANSY
TECHNIQUES
Note: The definitions below apply to this project and to my painting techniques, and may differ from other artists’ methods. DRY-WIPE (WIPE): A technique used to clean the brush without using solvents. Place the brush between the folds of a paper towel, press down, and gently pull the brush out. BRUSH MIX: Mix two or more colors to- gether using the brush instead of a palette knife. A “+” between colors indicates a brush- mixed color. Each time you load the brush, the color may be slightly different; this adds variety to the painting.
CHISEL-BLENDING: Apply a sparse amount of paint to the surface. An ex- cess amount will become sloppy and move around too much, causing the colors to be- come muddy. Blend only where two values or colors meet. Gently wiggle the brush from side to side between the two values using soft strokes. Dry-wipe the brush frequently to avoid too much of one value being pulled into the other.
Paint the pupil. Apply shadows and highlights.
STEP 4
Brighten highlights. Deepen shading. Blend. Detail with the monogram liner.
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HEAD AND NECK: Use the small chisel blender to basecoat the head with equal parts Prussian Blue+Indigo+ Ultramarine Blue. Use the no. 0 chisel blender to apply Ivory Black above the cheek, around the eye, back and neck. Wipe the brush and chisel-blend.
Highlight the cheek, crown, neck and back of the head with Titanium White+Turquoise Blue (1:tch). Wipe the brush and chisel-blend. Brighten highlights with Titani- um White, wipe the brush and chisel-blend. Use the 20/0 monogram liner and thinned paint to add final highlights. BEAK: Basecoat with equal parts Indigo and Ivory Black.
Use the small chisel blender to highlight on the upper portion of the beak with Titanium White. Wipe the brush and streak the color to blend.
Shade under the upper beak with Ivory Black and streak to blend.
Use a liner to paint the nostril with Ivory Black. High- light around the nostril using a liner with Titanium White.