Artist's Palette - AU (2020-03)

demonstration

Oils

Moving the Cattle

• Quipolly

This landscape specialist has chosen a rural scene at the foot of the hills at

Quipolly, not far from Quirindi in the New England region of New South Wales.

By John Shields

T

o achieve the best results, I
commenced the painting with the
attitude ‘this is going to be the best
paintingI haveattemptedupto thisdate’.
Thefollowingstepshaveworked
for me. I have developed them

over the past 40 years. However,

individuality is one of the strengths

of art. You would be well advised to

beselectiveandchooseonlythose

methodswhichworkforyou.

I worked from the horizon upwards

and downwards, increasing the strength

(tone) of my colours as I progressed.

I blocked in shapes using the darkest

colour(‘mothercolour’)andthenadded

indetailsandhighlightswithcolours

produced from the ‘mother colour’.

FINAL STEP