2019-05-01 The Artists Magazine

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Add highlights: With a generous

amount of white on the tip of a small

palette knife, I applied a highlight on

the nautilus shell, spreading the paint to

follow the curvature of the form.

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Add refl ections: Using the same colors that I’d used for the mother-of-pearl area,

I rendered the refl ections on the table with scumbled brushstrokes.

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Incise texture details: I incised a few more lines to simulate the rough exterior of the abalone,

fi nishing Nautilus and Abalone (oil on board, 10x13).

Helen Oh is an artist and conservator, and an instructor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Materials

SURFACE: archival board

PAINT APPLICATORS:

· 1-inch synthetic flat (for

the toning layer)

· ⅛ - to ½ -inch synthetic

and red sable/synthetic

flats (for painting)

· watercolor mop (for

blending)

· Nos. 0 and 1 sable

rounds (for drawing

and detailing)

·small palette knife

OIL COLORS:

·raw umber

·white

·yellow

·magenta

·cobalt blue

·black

· permanent

yellow-green

·phthalo green

·ultramarine blue

OTHER:

·vine charcoal

·paint thinner

· end of wooden brush

handle