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DEMONSTRA TION

STEP ONE STEP TWO

he view in this painting is from I like the rough texture of the paper
MATERIALS the Hawkesbury region, which surface and I feel it’s great for an
Tis known for its atmospheric impressionistic style of painting.
* Artists’ quality Winsor & and beautiful farmland. I decided to I laid the paper down on Perspex.
Newton, M Graham and infuse the scene with more light than Starting with the back of the drawing
Maimeri Blu tube paints: the photograph and to let the viewer I soaked the paper with plenty of
Raw Sienna (M Graham); see that you can improve a scene with clean water using a large flat wash
Indian Yellow, Cerulean your own impression. I chose to use brush. I then flipped the paper over
Blue, Cobalt Blue Deep, a limited palette because this creates and soaked the drawing side for a
Light Red, Sepia (Winsor & a harmonious painting; and I used few minutes, before I squeezed out
Newton); Permanent Violet transparent artists’ quality pigments. all the excess water from the paper
Bluish (Maimeri Blu). with a clean dry bath towel – pushing
* 4B clutch pencil. my hands over the towel, making
STEP ONE
* Clutch pencil sharpener. sure that the paper remained slightly
* Kneadable eraser. I commenced by drawing a simplified damp and cool to the touch.
* Small Swiss army knife for version of the scene with a 4B clutch I paint on a sheet of Perspex because
scraping back into damp paint. pencil on a half sheet of Arches this allows me to paint on damp paper,
* Tissues. Torchon Rough 300gsm – because which in turn allows me to paint wet-
* Water spray atomiser.
* Two large jars of clean water.
* Arches Watercolour
Paper – Torchon Rough
300gsm (half sheet).
* Clean dry bath towel.
* Washing up sponge for
drying brushes after rinsing
(between applications).
* Brushes: Art Basics flat (for
wetting down paper); large
round Rekab Sable Ester
Number 12; Roymac round
Sable Number 12; Rekab
Sable Number 5; Neef long
handle rigger Number 6;
Art Basics stiff synthetic
bright Number 6 (ideal for
scrubbing out); fan bristle
Number 6 (for texture and
positive space grasses). STEP THREE

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