Course: November 5th 2014
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| Trees in summer |
Course notes: Things to remember
- Draw a frame before starting - then if you don't like the composition you can add a bit
- Sketch out the tree shapes on drawing paper - try water soluble crayons
- Mix up enough paint - ultramarine blue, lemon yellow, burnt sienna
- Keep the board at an angle so that the paint will run down. Remember to paint over the edges of the frame
- Start at top left corner with dark shade of ultramarine blue, lemon yellow on dry paper use lots of water and allow colour to flow
- Leave a lighter section in the middle - think in diagonals
- Add darks Burnt sienna and Ultramarine at the bottom
- Give 1 or 2 spays with clean water then move the board to allow the paint to flow around STOP before all colours become a monotone grey!
- Allow to dry
- Draw in tree shapes with water soluble coloured pencil (dark blue or green)
- Paint clean water on to tree shapes and dab out immediately with kitchen paper. The paint will disappear because we have chosen non-staining colours
- Paint dark tree trunks on right side of paper using ultra blue + burnt sienna with not much water.
- Add some texture in the foreground
- Use a rigger or crayon for small branches. Use a sponge for foliage (in one area only - avoid sponging the whole painting!)
- Use a scapel to scrap away the colour on the pale tree tree trunks - Paint and paper MUST be dry to do this