The Artist - UK (2019-12)

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PRACTICAL

 FINISHED PAINTING

Winter Stream, acrylic on Canson Moulin du

Roy Not watercolour paper 140lb (300gsm),

11 15in (2828cm).

I continued shaping the painting, adding

further colour and i nally spattered the

suggestion of grasses across the foreground

with a mix of yellow ochre, black, white, some

matt medium and enough water to make

it run. Using a size 6 round brush I l icked

the paint on the painting, watching for any

overshoot and wiping it off immediately with

a damp cloth

p STAGE FOUR

As the painting progressed I used slightly

less transparency in the paint. To do this I

simply altered the ratio of the paint mix,

using more pigment, slightly less water and

slightly less matt medium. I applied some

bold brushstrokes with a ¾ in sable l at brush

to build a multi-layered structure

p STAGE THREE
I used slightly thicker paint diluted with water and a little matt medium.
I began to build up the mid-values of the painting, allowing the darkest
and lightest to provide reference. I used burnt sienna, yellow ochre and
perylene violet in various quantities and strengths

Paint a winter stream using my photo, right, as

reference and my suggested materials. You might

wish to follow the methods I used in your own

painting

MATERIALS

� Canson Moulin du Roy Not surface watercolour paper

� Sable or sable/synthetic l at brushes, sizes 14, ½

and ¾in

� Winsor & Newton Artists’ acrylic paints: perylene

violet, cerulean blue, yellow ochre, burnt sienna, ivory

black, titanium white

� Flow improver medium

� Matt medium

Email a copy of your i nished painting to dawn@

tapc.co.uk, no larger than 2MB, with Winter Stream

in the subject line, by January 15. I will select one

painting for appraisal

NOW IT’S YOUR TURN