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p STAGE FIVE
It was time to focus on the rounded leaves of the mint plant again, as this part was now dry.
I increased the tonality by observing the plant, using round brushes as they best suited the
leaf shapes. Using a dipping pen I picked out finer detailing on leaves and darker areas of
the drawn-thread work on the tablecloth. I used dark and lighter ink for this. With a pencil
I added some more gestural lines across the grass under the laundry, both to suggest
directionality and blades of grassp STAGE FOUR
Additional foliage was added with a filbert
to the very first area inked, which had dried
completely. Before this new ink was dry I
drew extra leaf shapes with a pencil dragged
over the ink. Darker shadows were added to
the wall, then the first vine leaves were drawn
in with a filbert in a dark tone. I took care to
match the tonal value and leaf shapes. Some
stems were included with tendrils pulled with
a pencil in the wet ink
u STAGE THREE
Using a flat brush to help with straight
edges, I placed the dark tonal area above the
washing line (the garden wall). Whilst the
darker areas dried off I worked on the white
cloth items. Using a very light tone, which
was basically slightly dirty water, I worked
very cautiously as it would have been so easy
to add too much tone here. I looked at the
shadows as they appeared to me and used a
dry brush technique to suggest the texture on
the striped towel. Fabric folds tend to have a
harder and a softer edge, so I used clear clean
water to fade out the softer edge. Next I used
a large flat brush to simply create the pattern
of the trellis above the wall
t STAGE TWO
I worked in the negative space between the
next item on the line in a similar manner.
Next I tackled the small space underneath
the last item on the line with varying tones
and also working in the space filled by the
plant. I let the ink travel up the outer edge of
the washing but used the washing line as a
natural place to stop, so the wet area didn’t
become too large to cope with