Choose colours raw sienna, ultramarine blue or cobalt, burnt sienna, paynes grey or neutral tint This composition uses wet-in-wet, dry brush techniques and dabbing out with kitchen paper. Don't forget wet-in-wet needs the paper really wet and your paint will be diluted by the water - never paint to the edge of the wet part you will get a strong line. It's recommended to mix up your paint before wetting the paper!
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Roughly sketch the composition then wet the whole of the paper above the horizon line paint with blues |
Soften the edges of the clouds in 3 ways 1. use kitchen paper 2. paint a wet area with clean waterr the add paint leaving edges to bleed 3. paint a cloud shadow the soften by touching your clean paint brush to the very edge of the paint Add shadows to the underside of the cloud |
Loosly paint in the beach and the dune. Using raw sienna for the sand and mixtures of blue, burnt sienna and raw sienna for rthe dune | ||
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Darken the sky if necessary - dry completely first add white gouache for a few small waves |
I thought the scene looked a little empty so I added the boy with a kite |