Sunkissed

A view of the world through my eyes

- Leesa Padget

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