Artists & Illustrators - UK (2020-05)

LANDSCAPES IN DETAIL

Inthephotograph,thisarea

wasa littletooopen.Instead

I keptit quitevague,stopping

theeyefromdriftingaway

fromthefigures.

Ohdear.I havepositionedthelamppost
almostdeadcentre.It is besttoavoid
somethingsoobviousgoingthere.
Bewareofthedangerofplacing
somethingina poorpositioninyour
paintingjustbecauseit is thereinreality.
Bepreparedtomoveit – orremoveit.

I’mnotsureaboutthe

grass.It is rightinthe

corner(somethingI try

toavoid)butputtingit

inhelpstoavoidan

awkwardhorizontalline.

Thebackgroundtreesweresimplifiedto
focustheattentiononthejacarandas.
Noticehowinthephotographthejacarandas
almostdisappearintothebackgroundtrees.

GRAHAME’S PALETTE

Cadmium Red

Winsor Yellow

Winsor Blue (Green Shade)

French Ultramarine

Quinacridone Magenta

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