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viewer’s eye where I wanted it, and worked up the light
grasses some more. Using colours from around the
painting, I scumbled over the chamferboards to help the
cottage to ‘sit well’ in the landscape. I also worked up
the fence posts.

STEP SEVEN
Painting detail, for me, is a real buzz … and I strive to
perfect it. I love to lose myself in the grasses. The last
STEP 4 stages of a painting are a delight. I worked up the grasses
with the help of the thinning medium, wiping off my
strokes and repeating them if they got a bit messy (this is a
great advantage of using Genesis Heat Set Oils). I
indicated some old glass panes and painted in the trunks
and branches of the trees.

FINAL STEP
With a glaze of shadow colour, I gave the cottage its third
dimension. I glazed the purple/blue mix of colour over the
cottage after the area had been thoroughly heat-set. I glazed
the shadow colour under the roof line, over the end of the
cottage, and over the interior darks. I checked to see if the
light grasses were strong enough to give the impression of
STEP 5 those last shafts of light before an impending storm. I heat-
set the whole painting again, and signed it. The entire
picture took a day and a half to complete. I appreciate the
speed of working with Genesis Heat Set Oils, and I value
their non-toxic, odourless and allergy-free qualities too. ■

MASTER HINTSAND TIPS

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paper towel onto the surface. If the slightest bit of
colour comes off, zap the area again with the heat gun.
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the same time – waving them from side to side as
STEP 6
well as up and down.
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STEP FIVE supports. They take better on the surface, and they are
I painted a base of creamy white onto the cottage – here and easier to see and easier to remove.
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scumbling effect (this helped to enhance the weathered look by applying heat – so use paper towels for wiping
of the boards as I layered the colours later). Using the (not rags). Rags will hold the paint wet, and it will
Genesis Glazing Medium, I glazed the random shapes with smear everywhere each time you try to clean up.
various colours; and also glazed the ruts on the track. I added Paper towels can be used and thrown away.
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been working, and again set the paints with the heat gun. indefinitely, and only need to be mashed down with a
palette knife to return to a buttery consistency. If you
STEP SIX want to save some of your colour mixes, simply place
I worked on the foreground areas – the stony and bushy them in jars.
sides and the tangles – and again set the paints. Being able ‡ , XVH D EUXVK IRU HDFK FRORXU %HFDXVH WKH SDLQW
to rest my hand on the painting was a real benefit. I stays wet on the brushes, they don’t have to be
lightened the track somewhat under the cottage to hold the cleaned constantly.

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