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Step 14

Wet the sea area with a damp sponge. Still using the same

stronger grey mix, load a No. 6 Round and begin to paint the hazy

distant water, using wandering, horizontal touches of the side

of the brush. Working wet into wet, add hints of nickel titanate

yellow into the sea near the focal point (the cormorant). This will

create eye-catching greens and prevent the sea looking dull.

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Step 15

Still using the No. 6 brush, wet the inner part of the splash

with clean water then add some subtle touches of the grey

mix (French ultramarine and burnt umber). Add some more

grey into the nearby sea, too, and work up to and over the

textured rocks beneath the cormorant. Allow the area to

dry completely.

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Step 16

Paint the cormorant with the dark

grey mix and the No. 3 Round. Use short

controlled strokes, and leave gaps for

markings and detail then wet the brush

and soften the colour into the light areas.

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Step 18

Paint the other

foreground rocks with

the same colours and

techniques. Use

French ultramarine

to paint the shadowy

mid-tones of the

water draining from

the rocks, applying

the paint with the

No. 3 Round brush

and using the strokes

to indicate the

direction of the

water.

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Step 17

To paint the pre-textured rocks beneath the

cormorant, use a No. 10 Round brush to apply

a dark mix of French ultramarine and burnt

umber. Use a strong but fairly fluid mix to help

it reach the recesses. Add quinacridone sienna

for warmth, and to bring

the area forward.

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Touch in some phthalocyanine blue

for the sheen on the feathers. Allow to

dry then use the No. 1 Rigger to add a

few darker flecks to the back in order

to suggest some feather texture.

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