The Artist - UK (2021-02)

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38 artistFebruary 2021 http://www.painters-online.co.uk

MIXED MEDIA


Elements of the landscape


Barry Herniman begins a new four-part series in which


he paints a diff erent element of the landscape each month, starting


with a moody sky in watercolour and pastel


W


henever someone knows
I’m an artist the fi rst
question they ask me
is ‘what do you like to
paint?’, to which my answer is invariably
‘landscapes’. Sometimes the follow-up
question is ‘and what medium do you
use?’ My answer is that my main paint
of choice is watercolour, although now
I have moved away slightly to other
media that are equally exciting in their
own right.
So, over the next four months I am
going to work through some of the
main elements of the landscape with
step-by-step demonstrations so that
you can see how I build up a painting.
And not only that, I am going to use
some different media to create these
elements in a slightly different way from
straightforward watercolour.
Mixed media and collage is very much
in vogue and you can produce some
stunning results with them. However,
there are those who do that so much
better than me, so I will stick with
exploring these alternative media in
their pure form.

Each month I will be doing a full
studio demonstration, working through
my painting process from start to fi nish
using different media. I will also be
doing a more simple ‘paint along’ that
will take about 30 minutes to complete
and get you into the swing of trying
something a bit different.*

Skies
The sky is the most magical element
of the landscape and is all around
us, so I am kicking off this series
with a wonderful wintry sky. All the
sky’s different moods impact on the
landscape. Ralph Waldo Emerson said
‘The sky is the daily bread of the eyes’;
this is so true – and even more so for
the artist.
For this demonstration I am using
watercolours and pastels together;
I love the way these two media
complement each other – especially
when painting more dramatic skies –
the watercolour being used for the more
subtle wash passages and the pastels
where I can mould the more dynamic
detailed forms.

Barry Herniman
organises and tutors painting holidays
in the UK and abroad and is available for
workshops and painting demonstrations to
art clubs. To join his mailing list for future
events email bazherrfl [email protected].
Barry’s Cloverleaf Paintbox is available
online at: cloverleafpaintbox.com. His
books Painting Mood and Atmosphere in
Watercolour and Painting Landscapes in
Acrylics are available at discounted prices
from our online bookshop:
http://bit.ly/3cw1AUX.
http://www.barryherniman.com

p STAGE ONE
Using my 2B pencil I drew in the main areas of the picture: the hill, foreground and
main cloud formations. Then I used some masking fl uid to block out areas in the
hills and clouds that I wanted to keep pristine white

MATERIALS
�Saunders Waterford NOT watercolour paper, 200lb
� Schmincke Horadam Artists’ Watercolours: Indian yellow,
rose madder, manganese blue, cobalt blue, ultramarine,
orange, manganese violet, quinacridone gold and helio
turquoise
� Selection of soft pastels: dark and light blues, blue/greys,
blue/violets, grey/green, dark greens, soft pinks and
white
� Paper torchon stick
� DaVinci Cosmotop round brushes, Nos. 12 and 6
� Masking fl uid

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My pastel tray
I put all the colours
that I am using for a
particular painting
in a small plastic
tray, which I keep
for this purpose

DEMONSTRATION
Winter Sky over Galway
Free download pdf