The Artist - UK (2021-03)

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DIGITAL ISSUE EXTRA CONTENT

55i March 2021

Why not try this quick, 30-minute
exercise? You’ll make a postcard-size
painting in acrylic. I tend to favour
Schmincke PRIMAcryl paints as they
can be thinned with water to the
consistency of watercolour, as well as
being used in a thicker, more opaque
way.

Paint a fast-flowing stream

in acrylic

Barry Herniman

invites you to paint

along with him as he

demonstrates how

to paint fast-flowing

water using acrylic on

a textured ground

MATERIALS

l Schmincke PRIMAcryl acrylic:

Indian yellow, madder brown,

cobalt blue, ultramarine, phthalo

green blue, titanium white.

l White gesso

l Mount board, 6 3 8in (15 3 20.5cm).

l Brushes: Stirling flat No. 2; DaVinci

round No.4 and rigger No. 6

l 2B pencil

u STAGE TWO

Here you can see all the basic colours

on the boulders, plus a greeny-brown

mix for the background rocks

u STAGE ONE

Begin by applying the white gesso to the board.

You can do this quite roughly – I love to paint

on a textured surface. When dry, draw the basic

outlines with a 2B pencil. Use the flat brush

with a dilute mix of Indian yellow and madder

brown to paint in the basic under colour of

the boulders, using broad strokes to obtain an

uneven surface

t STAGE THREE

With a fairly fluid mix of

ultramarine, take the No. 4 round

and start to flick some random

texture into the main right-hand

boulder

t u STAGE FOUR

Now update your mixes to a

creamy consistency to paint

in the main shadow areas

in the boulders. I used the

round brush with a mix of

ultramarine and madder

brown and a touch of green

blue, but you could use the

flat if you prefer. Notice how

the paint goes onto the

surface in a more controlled

way and produces some nice

darks