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PRACTICAL
p STAGE FIVE
Working spontaneously, I added the rocks in
a dark value, leaving snow patches here and
there. To create depth, I used French ultramarine
with cadmium red in the distance and French
ultramarine and burnt sienna in the foreground
q FINISHED PAINTING
Winter Sunset Across the Rocks, watercolour on Saunders Waterford 140lb
(300gsm) Rough paper 11 3 15in (28 3 38cm).
I brought the painting to a close adding further dark to some shadowed sides
of the rocks with thicker paint. I added more shape and dimension to the snow
and finished by softening the light flare of the sun into the highest rock
Paul Talbot-Greaves
teaches watercolour and acrylic
painting in workshops and
demonstrations to art societies
throughout the Midlands and
the north of England. He can be
contacted through his website:
http://www.talbot-greaves.com