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Step 6

1 Work the background cliffs with the sienna

and ultramarine in the shadow, and the same

colours as before on the grassy area on the right.

2 Grab a coffee and decide how to bring the

shapes together. Ask yourself: where are the

darkest darks and lightest lights, hard and soft

edges, or value contrasts? Your adjustments

may be different from mine.

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Step 7

1 I darkened the top of the sky with

ultramarine and a touch of sienna to

reduce its intensity but kept it blue.

I also added a glaze of cerulean blue,

which I diluted towards the horizon.

2 I redefined the rocks’ dark edges to

make them harder, and worked on the

form of the foreground rocks using the

same colours as before. I added a white

glaze in the rock shadows to stop them

becoming too dark and worked on the

lit part of the rock, adding more form

by using the same colours as before.

3 Adding ochre and sienna to the

orange rock I strengthened the shadow

that joins the two large rocks.

4 Covering the painting and leaving

a gap, I splattered a grey mix of

ultramarine and sienna on the sand.

With the same mix, I glazed some

of the foreground cerulean.

5 As we can’t lift out with acrylics,

when all this was dry, I put a white

glaze over the background to take it

back a little. I also added white to the

lit rock faces and shadows.

6 Using a knife I spread thicker white

paint across the foreground to suggest

reflections on the water. Dragging the edge

across the sky suggests vapour trails, and

horizontally on the sea suggests waves.

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The finished painting Kynance Cove, acrylic on paper, 8x8in. (20x20cm)

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Step 5

1 When dry, use less water to make an

ultramarine and burnt sienna mix and

darken the rocks. Let the paints mix on the

paper; this prevents over-mixing on the

palette and making a flat dark colour. You

can manipulate the flow of paint by tilting

the board. Pull the dark of the small

foreground rocks out to indicate shadow.

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2 Soften and join the two main rock

edges where they meet the sand. You

can soften edges by squeezing out excess

water from the brush and using this to

soften the edges while they are still wet.

Thinner washes of this dark mix can be

added to the sunlit rock faces to give

it more form.

SteveStrode

Find out more about Steve

and his work by visiting

http://www.stevestrode.com. If

you have any questions about

this article, please email

him through his website.

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