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YOU WILL NEED

 14 10in (35.525.5cm) sheet of acrylic paper

Scalpel; No. 4 flat brush; palette knife; printed

collage material; glue stick; old credit card;

sponge; small piece of mount card.

Acrylic paint: titanium white, phthalo blue,

ultramarine, burnt sienna, cadmium red,

cadmium yellow.

STAGE THREE 

Have a rummage in your recycling box to find a small piece of

corrugated cardboard and, when ready, simply paint your dark colour

onto the ridged side of the card. This will act as a stamp to create

rough and indistinct lines on the vertical buildings. Extra dark paint

can be added using the edge of a piece of mount board or any firm

card. Dragging the card across the painting surface will provide

beautifully textured results. As you can see on the illustration, the dark

verticals in the buildings are reflected in the wet street

STAGE ONE 

Feel free to use my drawing or photograph for reference, or why not

try an image of your local city or town? The process and techniques

described will work for any urban landscape

60-minute

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STAGE TWO 

Mix a rich dark shade using a 50/50 mix of blue and a brown. I used

burnt sienna and phthalo blue but any brown and blue will work in a

similar way. Water your mix down to the consistency of skimmed milk

and apply with a sponge using confident downward strokes over both

sets of buildings

STAGE FOUR 

Using the mount card, drag shadows down, over and behind the car

shapes on the left-hand side. Adding a touch of titanium white to our

dark mix gives us subtle petrol greys, and we can vary the lightness

and intensity of the greys by using more or less white in the mix. Use a

brush to add a few darker areas to the buildings. You really don't need

to be precise with your brushwork in this instance as atmosphere is

more important than accuracy. Adding a touch of ultramarine to the

mix gives a blue-grey that is perfect for our distant buildings

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