The Artist - UK (2021-02)

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PRACTICAL

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u FINISHED PAINTING

Winter Landscape, gouache on watercolour paper, 6 3 8in

(15 3 20.5cm).

All that remains is to use the rigger to add a skeletal winter tree and

we are done! Remember to try to complete this small painting in

around 30 minutes, which will stop you from overworking the piece

and won’t take up too much of your time

q STAGE TEN

Keep adding more colour into each stroke as you move up

into the darker top part of the main cloud. Here you can see

how I keep the paint wet in most areas but I wanted an edge

under this cloud, so I let the underlying wash dry before

commencing

q STAGE NINE

With a slightly stronger mix of Indian yellow and cadmium red light,

start to strengthen the warmer parts of the sky and also work some

of the colour up into the base of the main cloud

q STAGE EIGHT

Use a creamy mix of ultramarine, violet and burnt sienna to establish

the foreground area. We now have all the basic under washes in place,

so let all the paints dry before moving onto the next phase

p STAGE FIVE

Mix cobalt blue with cadmium red light

and a touch of violet to brush down into

the body of the cloud bank, to build up

the colour

u STAGE SIX

Add ultramarine and more

violet to the mix and brush in

the darkest area of the cloud,

keeping the wash wet so the

paint flows

u STAGE SEVEN

Turn the painting the right way up. With

the same blue/violet mix, carefully paint

in the low-lying clouds

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