Artists Back to Basics - Issue 6 Volume 3 2016

A Touch of Gold

The Goulburn River at Seymour in Victoria was chosen by the artist as

the setting for this peaceful landscape work rendered in intense pastels.

By Lynda Robinson

Final

F

or this demonstration, I

chose to paint a scene of the

Goulburn River, Seymour. Water

is one of my favourite subjects. I

obtained the reference material on

a warm summer evening just as

the sun was going down, and the

mosquitoes were coming out! I took

some reference photographs, and

then sat beside the river and made a

few small sketches with my pastels

mainly to establish what colours

I would use (working very quickly

before the light disappeared).

In the studio I attached a sheet of

burgundy Colourfix paper (made by

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