MATERIALS
Art Spectrum Colourfix Paper Beige 100 x 70cm
Four values of Art Spectrum Flinders Blue Violet ranging from the darkest to the lightest
Art Spectrum Jacaranda two values
Two values of Art Spectrum Flinders Red Violet
Art Spectrum Warm Grey
Art Spectrum Aust. Leaf green, Grey green, Greenish Umber, Pthalo Green/blue
Art Spectrum Pilbara Red three values
Senneliers in lightest yellow, brick and turquoise
Eraser
1 or 2 inch paint brush
STEP ONE
These sun bleached trees with their twisted shapes are irresistible to me, whilst some people find them spooky, if you look at them from a different point of view you will see the elegant shapes and gestures in their bare branches. I began this piece with a very basic charcoal sketch directly onto the paper. As I already had a clear idea of where I hoped this painting would end up, it was really just to get the size of different elements in relation to each other and give some idea of whether the composition/concept was sound. In this particular piece I am only using the reference photo as an idea, ie the dead tree, the slight rise in the foreground, the background hills etc.
STEP TWO
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