Australian How To Paint — Issue 23 2017

DEMONSTRATION

work towards the bottom of the
canvas. Take your round sponge,
place three colours on a china plate,
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white, Matisse Phthalo blue and
green. Twist the sponge in a circle to
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of the stack of rocks to the bottom.
Lighter colours go towards the front
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white, yellows and scarlet. Using a
small rough brush, use light strokes
add centre coral with rough strokes,
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STEP THREE

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cartridge paper and sketch my fish

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mainly looking for the shape of the

fish, checking where the fins start

and finish, and the placement of

the eye and gills. Take your sketch

and cut it out, with the scissors.

Place on your canvas, trace around

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in the shape of your fish, so the

colours will come out vibrant!

ARTIST’S

HINTS AND

TIPS

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future reference.

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to the three colour ball

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colours to be added later.

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for larger future paintings

in your visual diary.

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background weeds if the printing

of the leaves is too hard, so long

as your background colours

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bookleaf pine leaf printing you

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sponge in a circle, the paint

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ridges in with paint, as it give

the impression of fish eggs,

or just edges of the rocks.

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to place some of the fish in

amongst the weed and rocks

to give the impression the

predator fish are hunting them.

Most of all have fun with it!

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lino tool you can hand paint

in scales, or cut down a

STEP SIX popper straw in a U shape.

STEP FOUR STEP FIVE