International Artist – June-July 2019

Discovering Art 139

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ne day I went to this

little bay in the evening

and was captivated by the

beautiful variety of different

colors reflecting in the water

from the bathers enjoying an

evening dip.

Note the key discovery of

dark accents. In the detail,

you can see that I have

layered thick brushstrokes

over a thin dark under-wash.

I deliberately left a few dark

patches showing. This creates

a series of dark accents that

give depth to your painting.

Another key discovery is

multi-colored brushstrokes. You

don’t have to always fully mix

the paint. If you pick up a

few colors together on your

brush and leave them a little

unmixed, you end up with a

much more interesting paint

surface. It’s a little tricky

though because you can easily

get out of control. Leave this

technique until you are a bit

more experienced!

The water in general is a

greenish-gray color. But look

at the detail. It is anything

but a single gray color. There

are blue-grays, green-grays,

violet-grays, browns and a

few patches of yellow green

and light blue. This adds

liveliness to the painting that

you would lose if you blended

too much. The secret here is

to keep the value of all the

patches very close together.

The beauty of paint is

often in the brushwork. Too

many painters lose this by

over blending, and end up

with a painting that looks

like a photograph. Leave

your brushwork visible and it

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new level.

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Key Discoveries in Practice: Day at the Beach

Italy Fiascherino -

Day at the Beach,

Lerici, 23 x 30 cm