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Materials used: French Ultramarine,
Light Red, Naples Yellow, Cobalt Blue, Burnt Umber, Prussian Blue and Cadmium
Yellow. The Watercolour paper is Arches 140lb not surface. The paper size is
12x8 inches and it has been stretched onto a ply board.
This old Welsh
farmhouse used to belong to an old friend of mine, it is six miles out of
Oswestry in North Shropshire, it is just on the inside Welsh Border. It is the
perfect subject to paint. As it is a very quiet area it can appear to be
'spooky' almost, so I shall paint it as it is.
Right lets get on with it, the
first thing I do is wet all of the paper, and as the water settles I begin by
dropping a weak wash of Naples Yellow into the central area. As that settles in
I add a weak wash of French Ultramarine mixed with Light Red. Into that I drop
a stronger mix of the same as this begins to dry I add some Cadmium Yellow
trying to sweep the colour downwards and out to the sides. It now needs to be
left to dry.
A small thing that I can point out now is that watercolour never
dries the same colour that it was when it was wet, it will always dry lighter.
I will shut up now and put the kettle on. |