Colours: Raw sienna, Lemon yellow, Burnt sienna, Cobalt blue + tiny bit of Madder
Paper: Arches 300gm (is very tough and will take scrubbing without damaging the paper)
Masking Fluid
Sketch the composition roughly. This composition is a triangle.
We start with a graduated wash in the sky covering a wash of raw sienna to give a warmer colour at the horizon line
PLEASE NOTE: if you use masking fluid DO NOT use a hairdryer
Mask out posts and water ripples
Start with the sky, wet the paper and lay on a very pale wash of raw sienna - DRY. Lay on a wash of cobalt - this should be darker at the top, add water as you come down. Paint roughly round the roof, but don't worry too much if the colour runs into the house dab it out with a tissue if it runs into the white wall Add a little madder to the blue for the background hills. Dry - paint the water with a slighly darker mixture of the cobalt (you could add a tiny bit of Prussian) |
Paint the roof of the building with mixtures of burnt sienna and cobalt, allow the paint to mix on the paper avoid painting the roof in only one colour Paint in the bushes with mixtures of lemon and cobalt, cobalt and raw sienna and burnt sienna. Note colours are stronger as they come towards you (aeriel perspective). Add more dark blues to the bottom left side. Add a splodge of Madder lake for the rose bush (do not paint roses!) |
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Add the wall in burnt sienna and allow it to wash into cobalt + burnt sienna in the water paint the water loosely with VERTICAL brush strokes. Remove the mask when the paper is COMPLETELY dry. Scrub out some white edges if your ripples are very strong. Lastly add some lines to the ljetty with some chinese white (or white gouache). Add some darks to bases of the bushes |
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