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One: The
octagonal spire of the church needed careful drawing but the rest presented
no problems. The warm colour of the lower sky was a mixture of raw sienna
and light red, while the cloud shadows were ultramarine and light red,
with rather more red towards the horizon. The clear sky was pale Winsor
blue with a little added raw sienna. When I prepared these wishes I
applied them as quick as possible with large brushes. As the colour
of the lower sky was very pale, there was no need to paint round the
spire, the chimney or the trees. |
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Stage
Two: Once
again I tackled the trees at an early stage so that uninhibited brush
work might capture their broken outlines. I used washes of Payne's grey
and raw sienna for the greenish trees, with added Payne's grey for the
shaded areas. Plenty of burnt sienna was added for the russet-coloured
trees and the warmer parts of the hedge. The distant Downs were then
established using flat wash of ultramarine with a little light red added
and I had no difficulty in carrying this right up to the ragged outlines
of the trees. A little raw sienna was added to the lower slopes. The
village green was a broken wash of Winsor blue and raw sienna, and when
this was dry I added some texture with a large brush charged with a
deeper mixture of the same colours. A wash of Payne's grey and raw sienna
was applied with horizontal strokes to indicate the dappled shade on
the left and the shadow cast by the line of the hedge. |
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Three:
The pale stonework of the little church was raw sienna modified slightly
with burnt sienna and ultramarine. Various combinations of burnt sienna
and light red were used for sunlit old tiles and brickwork with a touch
of green in the lower courses. Notice how these pale washes contrast with
the deeper tones of the background trees and shadowed elevations of the
buildings. I painted the shaded side of the old barn in deep tones of
ultramarine and light red with a little green added at the base and took
care to paint round the outline of the white gate which makes a crisp
accent against its dark background. I finally added the small blue figure
which appears to be moving, albeit slowly, into the centre of the painting. |
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Copyright © Ray Campbell Smith 2008 |
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