PAINTING PROJECT TWO

The Tower

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Equipment

Number 8 round

The colours were taken from this palette;

lemon yellow, cadmium yellow, permanent red, carmine, ultramarine,  cobalt blue,

yellow green, hookers green, indian yellow, vandyke brown, yellow ochre, payne's grey

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Draw this simple picture.

Wet the sky area then paint the cobalt blue.

Adding more water to the horizon.

Use a crumpled tissue to lift paint

to make clouds

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Darker mixture of cobalt blue for the sea.

Use the side if the brush and the papers

texture to leave white highlights.

Very dark brownie, blue green (mix ultramarine,

vandyke brown, cadmium yellow). Paint the

distant land. Weaker paint to the waters edge

leaving a thin white line at its base.

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 Paint the tower, (mix ultramarine,

vandyke brown), dark on the edges.

Use a clean dry brush for the lighter

parts in between.

 Wet the foreground, loosely mix (mix

ultramarine, vandyke brown, cadmium

yellow), Use a wet in wet technique

to mix the colours on the paper.

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 Dark colour (ultramarine

and vandyke brown) for the rocks at

the foot of the tower, tower details

and near cliff edge.

 Weak mix of the cadmium yellow and the

previous dark mix to give a glaze to the

tower and an indication of sand.  Add more

detail to the rocks to form the base of the

tower.

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