In the first stage
after I have done the drawing, I've wet the paper thoroughly in the sky area
and in the bottom third dropped in a mixture of alizarin crimson and yellow
ochre. Then from the top came down with ultramarine blue and alizarin
crimson getting weaker towards the bottom. I then squeezed out surplus
water from my brush and sucked out the clouds (for this I used a 1.5"
Dalon synthetic brush). The paper is of course my old friend
the Langton 140lb rough surface, I swear by this stuff and use it
every day of my life.
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Whilst the sky was
still fairly damp, using my No.8 Sapphire round brush, I dropped in a mixture
of ultramarine blue and burnt sienna along the bottom line, to form the
distant trees.
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For the middle
distance trees, still using my No.8 round brush, I firstly put in some
yellow ochre, very wet, then dropped ultramarine blue on top of the
yellow ochre, effectively making green on the page. Now using my 3/4" Sapphire flat wash brush, I put a few stokes of yellow ochre in the
foreground areas as well as the middle distance.
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Still using my 3/4"
flat wash brush, I dropped in a mixture of Hooker's green and burnt
sienna, very weak, into the middle distance field areas. Whilst this was
still slightly damp I put in a touch of ultramarine blue, well watered
down into the nearer of the middle distance.
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Once the middle
distance was almost dry, using my No.8 round brush I put in a mixture
of ultramarine blue and burnt sienna and formed the distant field lines
and a few blobs here and there for bushes. |
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Now I applied a
mixture of Hooker's green and burnt sienna, slightly darker than before,
and started working on the foreground areas, using my 3/4" flat
wash brush. |
Now for the little
bush, using my 3/4" flat wash brush, I put a few strokes of yellow
ochre to the right and a mixture of Hooker's green and burnt sienna over
to the left. For the path, still using my 3/4" flat wash brush,
firstly I stroked over with yellow ochre, picking up the rough surface
of the watercolour paper. Once this had dried I used the same technique
with ultramarine blue and burnt sienna. |
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Now using a much
darker mix of Hooker's green and burnt sienna and still my 3/4" flat
wash brush, I flicked the brush upwards creating tufts of grass.
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Now using a mixture
of ultramarine blue and burnt sienna, and still using my 3/4" flat
wash brush, I put some very dark tufts in at the same time scraping some
flicks of paint out with my finger nail, creating some light bits of
grass here and there.
In the finished picture you will see that I have added some posts
disappearing down the bank to add a bit of perspective. And hey presto a
very simple but effective open landscape. Don't forget we will be changing
the project next month.
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