Acrylics Brushes Water Canvas that's all you need! The canvas
size is 12" x 16"The colors I used for this painting exercise are Titanium White, Cadmium Red Light, Medium Magenta, Phthalocyanine Blue, Cadmium Yellow Light, Acra Red,
Permanent Light Violet
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Using a photo or directly looking at the objects begin your drawing. I usually use cadmium red for this but I'm kind of a wild person. I would use a pale blue if I wanted a softer feeling. Old barns need some zip.
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Next I wash in some blue sky. I keep the paint thin for a long time while I paint. It dries faster and you can control it easier.
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Wash in the foreground light green. Now you have a better view of the overall look of your work.
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Begin now to add your dark accent areas - windows, doors, shadows. And add the rest of the foreground that is many shades of brown and orange.
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. These barns have a bit of red showing - roofs, doors, etc. You can never find enough red!! Also now you will begin adding some red shades in the grass and some parts of the buildings
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Put more paint on everything now. start with that sky adding lots of white and Phthalocyanine Blue in this instance (not every sky is this color) Now painting in some of those barn greys.
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Begin adjusting all the colors now. Adding little bits of other colors in each area makes the painting much more interesting.
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The brushes used are size #12 flat bristle, #6 nylon, #3 flat nylon, small round sable.
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