Australian How To Paint — Issue 23 2017

DEMONSTRATION

STEP FOUR

Under paint your fish using Matisse
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violet and cobalt blue. Now to add the
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pine leaves, trim with scissors if
needed, and place on some newspaper.
Using a small foam roller, roll on
Phthalo green paint. Push leaves onto
the canvas, as many as you like.

STEP FIVE

Take your lino cutting tool and
metallic silver paint to create scales
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medium and larger nylon brush, and
brush down from the left corner. Use a
serrated knife to form ridges of the sun
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STEP SIX

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magenta, white and cobalt blue
paint through your sun rays to add
colour. Using your ultramarine
blue and fine tip brush put in the
finer details of your fish. Use violet
and scarlet create your upright
corals - small brushes required.

STEP SEVEN

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violet, put highlights on the upright
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on some of the ridges of the rocks.
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silver metallic paint, and dry brush on
with brush, or use fingertips to apply.

STEP EIGHT

Using Phthalo blue flow paint,
add a little water. Use it like
water colour paint to deepen your
shadows in the background. Shadow
under the fish body, around the
rocks and amongst the corals.

FINAL STEP

Take your fine tip brush, highlight

around your fish and the upright

corals. Use either white or jet

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using your fine tip brush and

Titanium white. Use the watered

down Phthalo blue paint, for

that transparent look. Now put

in small spot details using a

toothpick, on the fish and front

corals. Using- (whites, yellows,

blues, oranges and teal).

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hand corner, with fine brush and

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with white to fade it into the

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spray twice with a matt

varnish for acrylics.

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STEP EIGHT

STEP SEVEN