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then rub out any pencil line that
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with a stronger blue mix. Add some dropped in to indicate trees and
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foreground trees. If the paper becomes up the colour. Using the lifting out
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bleed. Do not play in the paint or try to shape can still be altered at this
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and finishing with some brown for emotional response from you?
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and under the verandah. Use some rigger brush around the building why you are painting it and leave
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of the house, leaving stumps in the Add a shadow for the main tree. that every aspect of the painting
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the roof. Using dry brushing, brush on posts and bits on the building as use your prepared surface.
some brown to indicate the rusty iron. needed. All need to dry completely,
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