Artist's Palette - AU (2020-03)

MASTER

HINTS

AND TIPS

• Don’t try to rush. Painting
  takes time. Let the work
  developat itsownrateand
  builduponit gradually.


• When paintingmud, use
  aslittlepaintaspossible.
  You can alwaysadd more;
  andyouwillgradually
  learnhowmuchyou
  needasyougoon.


• Creatingdepth by use of
  colourandshadowsgives
  a paintingmorepowerthan
  simplyusingflatcolours.
  Grass is not just green –
  it hasdarkgreens,light
  greens,yellows,andmore.


• Try experimentingwith
  differentthings.


• Don’t doubt your ability ...
  youmaysurpriseyourself.

STEPFOUR

Detail was addedto the Mud Bashin’
Buggy. Using a smallbrush,I painted
each section a littlemoresolidlyusing
white and black paint;and then from left
to right I added alltheappropriatedetails
as accurately as possible.As this was the
main feature of thepainting,thedetail
and colours wereimportant.It neededto
resemble as closelyaspossibletheMud
Bashin’ Buggy thatmyclient’shusband
actually raced in.Thissectionwasthe
most time-consumingpartoftheoverall
painting and requiredgradualapplications
of small amountsofpaintwitha small
paint brush; and addingdetail section
by section. Whererequired,a retarder
medium was usedtoblendcolours.

STEPFIVE

After the main detailwas appliedto the
vehicle, it was timetoaddthemudup
the side. Using RawSiennaDark, Raw
Umber and YellowOchre,I randomly
applied each of thesecoloursusinga small
brush with a sparseamountofpaint– with

tinybackandforwardsmovementsinthe

directionofeachofthepanels.Inspots,

I alsoneededtousea mediumtothinthe

paintandavoidhardlinesofcolour.

FINALSTEP

Themudin theairwasa scarysection...

allthattimespentondetail,andnowI was

goingto addblobsofpaintoverareasofit to

createthemudillusions.Thiswastheonly

sectionwhereblobsofpaintwereadded,

creatinga fantastictextureand 3D feel to

thepainting.Usingthetyresasthefocal

point (wherethe mud would realistically

be flickedup from) I graduallyadded blobs

of Raw Sienna Dark and Raw Umber

paintfromthebackofeachtyreupinto

theairandtowardstheforegroundofthe

picture.Myadviceis to becarefulnotto

eliminatetoomuchofthedetailedsections.

Once the blobs were added, I highlighted

the top right of the larger blobs with Yellow

Ochre. CarbonBlack was used on the

other side of the blobs to create dimension;

and CarbonBlack was also thinnedto

addshadowsto thelargerblobs. n

STEP FOUR STEP FOUR – DETAIL

STEP FOUR – DETAIL STEP FIVE