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DEMONSTRA TION
Acrylics
2IDING OUT FOR
THE $AY
By Kevin Rogers
A relaxed and uncluttered vision of an Australian surveying his land.
FINAL STEP
METHOD
In this painting my key subject was which would allow the viewer to feel
When I start thinking about a the man riding his horse through a the calmness of this rider’s lifestyle
painting I look for the key subject paddock and the supporting subject set in a true Australian bush scene.
and then a supporting subject. was the shed in the mid-ground. The
The key subject is the ‘action’ whole idea of this painting was to
STEP ONE
figure in the painting and the portray the serenity of a cattle rancher
supporting object portrays the riding out early in the morning to For this painting I used a stretched
location and feel of what the survey his property. I tried to make canvas measuring 30cm x 60cms
key figure is doing there. a relaxed and uncluttered artwork primed with gesso. I drew the shed and
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