Australian How To Paint

Down From The Heavens Towards Milford Sound

MATERIALS

• Canvas 1000x1500mm

• Disposable rubber gloves

• Lead pencil

• Eraser

• Brushes: Round head - small medium and large, Detail Sabre brushes 0000 and 0 sizes

• Low odour gum turpentine

• Paints: Art Spectrum ultramarine blue, cobalt blue, medium yellow, brilliant red, titanium white.

STEP ONE

You can first start by doing a light cobalt blue wash over the canvas. In this instance I haven’t used the wash. Secondly start by constructing a grid which will help you accurately draw the landscape scene. Try to minimise the grid as much as possible, as the more square the more complex the drawing becomes, the more errors can be

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