Artist's Palette - AU (2020-03)

demonstration

MATERIALS

• Canvas board 76 x 51 cm.


• Artists’ oil paints: Titanium
  White (TW); Cobalt Blue (CB)
  or Ultramarine Blue; Yellow
  Ochre (YO); Cadmium Yellow
  (CY); Permanent Magenta
  (PM) or Crimson Lake; Indian
  Red (IR); Cadmium Red (CR);
  Burnt Umber (BU) or Burnt
  Umber with Viridian Green.


• Brushes: Flat brushes Number
  6 and Number 8; 3cm wide
  brush; liner brush.


• Palette knife.


• Reference photographs.

STEP ONE

To determine the composition I firstly
divided the board into thirds, forming
nine rectangles. The lines were drawn
very faintly, and the focal point
became one of the points where the
lines intersected. This method ensures
that the main object of interest will
not appear in the centre or too near
the edge of the composition. The
horizontal lines can also serve as a
guide when painting seascapes.
Using my reference photographs,
I sketched the composition in paint
thinned with turps (CB or IR). The
composition is extremely important.
I painted the composition in roughly,
with the distant hills (horizon) lying
near the top one-third line. The main
tree and horseman occupied the
bottom right focal point area. For
balance I placed a second prominent
tree on or near the other vertical
one-third line. Also for balance the
scene had approximately one-third
devoted to the sky, one-third to the
middle and far distance and one-
third to the foreground. Of course,

STEP ONE

STEP TWO

STEP THREE