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PRACTICAL
artistApril 2016 41
THIS MONTH’S EXERCISE
Your painting challenge this month is to
tackle the photograph of ‘in the shade’
(right), taking care to consider where you
might use transparent washes and thicker
paint. Think about your shadows, too – are
they dark grey or slightly brighter colour
and how might you best mix the colours?
Email a good-quality digital photograph of
your work, no larger than 2MB, together
with a brief description (no more than 100
words) about the process you used, to
[email protected], with PTG Exercise 4 in
the subject line, by March 24.
Each month, all entries will be
uploaded to PaintersOnline
(www.painters-online.co.uk) and
I will select the work of one lucky
artist for appraisal. Have fun, good
luck and happy painting.
FINISHED PAINTING
Dividing the Land,acrylic on
paper, 11 15in (28 38cm).
The fencing post was added
using the chisel edge of a 1^1 ⁄ 2 in
flat brush to achieve the
straight line. Working back into
the wall I used a thinner,
lighter mix of yellow ochre and
dioxazine purple to paint the
subtle changes in the stone
colours. As these were drying I
spattered on a little texture
using white in some places and
a light grey-violet in others.
The thinner elements allow the
colours and shapes from
underneath to show a little
STAGE FOUR
With a 1in flat brush I applied thick colour to
the wall in a mix of ultramarine, burnt sienna
and dioxazine purple. Whilst this was tacky I
added some dark stone shapes wet-into-wet
with Mars black then moved onto the strong
grass shadow. Because of the light I wanted a
slightly bright shadow instead of a neutral
one so I mixed Hooker's green with
ultramarine and in places added some
cerulean blue. Before this stage dried I freely
splattered the areas with flow improver