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I returned to the middle and
foreground and I left the buildings,
pole and trellises as negative space –
dropping in a mix of Indian Yellow
and Raw Sienna (added to tone
the yellow down a bit) followed
by Light Red. I also added some
Cerulean Blue to the yellow mix
and allowed it to blend on the damp
paper, wet-in-wet, to create a soft
green. While the underpainting
was still damp (not shiny wet), I
returned to the lower part of the
sky and created some distant soft
edged trees along the horizon with
a mixture of Cobalt Blue Deep,
Permanent Violet Bluish and a touch
of Sepia – to grey it off a little.
Next I mixed a selection of greens
created from the Indian Yellow, Raw STEP SIX
Sienna and Cobalt Blue Deep for
variety. I painted in the trees behind
STEP FOUR
the sheds with these colours, leaving I also added some pure Permanent
the white of the paper where the The roof and walls of each building Violet Bluish with the tip of my little
trellises and pole were. Before this were painted wet-on-dry for a rusty finger for thistle flowers and buds.
wash dried, while the pigment was tin effect, with Light Red. I allowed I decided to scrub out a small area
still slightly damp, I scraped back this to dry before I painted on a next to the right-hand back corner of
with my knife into the foliage some pale Bluish Purple shadow on the the large shed with my stiff synthetic
light areas for branches; and with walls of the buildings. I cut down bright brush – in order to place a
a rigger brush I pulled some dark into the yellows in the foreground, shrub there using Indian Yellow
branches through the foliage with for the grasses; and using negative (for a good contrast of colour).
a dark mix of Sepia and Violet. space I created clumps of grasses I dropped in some of the Bluish
next to each building. I allowed Purple colour for some shadows
the work to dry and then glazed while the work was still damp.
STEP THREE
another wash onto the sides of the
I waited for the shine to go off the buildings that were more in shadow.
STEP SIX
paper and while it was still slightly I also painted in the darks while
damp, I flicked and splattered into the wash was slightly damp, with I decided to make the left-hand tree
the foreground with a variety of a creamy mix of Sepia, Permanent canopy come down a little further
the pigments I’d chosen – some Violet Bluish and a touch of Cobalt to create a better shape, with the
Vegemite consistency pigments and Blue Deep for doorways and same colours as before. I dried the
a little water. I protected the painting windows. I allowed this to dry and painting thoroughly and decided
with some old watercolour paper then glazed a bit more of a shadow to scrape out (with a scalpel blade)
which I keep for this purpose. under the eaves of each building, some wire suspended from the
I painted in the left-hand tree using the Bluish Purple mix. pole to one of the buildings.
using a mix of Sepia and Permanent I put the painting aside where
Violet Bluish for a nice strong dark I could view it for a day or two,
STEP FIVE
trunk. I then painted in the foliage before deciding that I was happy
using Raw Sienna (using the side of I painted the foreground where I started with it. I finally added my signature,
my brush), then dropped in a mix of some of the grasses using positive space. with a complementary colour.
Raw Sienna and Cobalt Blue Deep I used a fan bristle brush, and I double Lastly I rewet the back of the
for a darker foliage area; followed dipped into a creamy consistency of painting and placed it on a board with
by some Bluish Purple for shadows. Raw Sienna, Indian Yellow and some of a clean dry towel on top; then placed
I waited for the shine to go before the green mix as well as Light Red. I dry another board over it. I weighted the
scraping out some branches in the brushed some texture, using the chosen top board with heavy books and left
tree foliage. I allowed it to dry before colours, to create interest and to give it to dry perfectly flat for a few days.
continuing on to the buildings. the appearance of grasses and sticks. Then it was ready to frame. O

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