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How to paint a river estuary

Posted on May 10, 2019 by

You may have been waiting for the finished painting after following the various steps in my earlier posts. Well, here it is. Putting the finishing touches to the painting I gave it more warmth by adding burnt sienna to the … Continue reading →

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How to paint a river estuary – part 8

Posted on April 13, 2019 by

Next the decaying boat and the riverbed in the foreground were to be worked on in more detail. I wanted to add grass and some bigger stones. I used a fine brush to lay in the grass with quick strokes … Continue reading →

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How to paint a river estuary – part 7

Posted on March 30, 2019 by

After finishing the boat house, the adjoining wall, and the boats in the middle distance I turned to the decaying boat and river bed in the foreground. I used raw umber to stipple down the pebbles with a well worn … Continue reading →

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How to paint a river estuary – part 6

Posted on March 23, 2019 by

After telling you about all those exciting activities I recently experienced it is time for part6 of my commission of a river estuary painting. After putting the finishing touches to the trees with many layers of different shades of green … Continue reading →

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How to paint a river estuary – part 5

Posted on March 10, 2019 by

Here is part 5 of my commission of a river estuary painting. Before I could work on the details of the trees I had to model the sky. A mix of cerulean and cobalt blue with white gave me the … Continue reading →

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How to paint a river estuary – part 4

Posted on March 7, 2019 by

This is part 4 of my commission to create a painting of a river estuary. In this step I put in the basic tree colours. Again it was not important to be exact. I used lemon yellow and cerulean blue … Continue reading →

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How to paint a river estuary – part 3

Posted on March 2, 2019 by

Here is part 3 of my commission to create a painting of a river estuary. In this step I wanted to apply an underpainting to decide where the lights and darks should go. I used raw umber to lay in … Continue reading →

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How to paint a river estuary – part 2

Posted on February 26, 2019 by

Following my recent post about having been commissioned to create a painting of a river estuary I can now tell you about part 2. After agreeing with my customer on the basic design, painting size, and materials I proceeded to … Continue reading →

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How to paint a river estuary – part 1

Posted on February 20, 2019 by

I was recently commissioned to create a painting of a river estuary. The correspondence with my customer was conducted via e-mails going to and fro. He sent me a photograph of the scene he wanted me to paint. Employing google … Continue reading →

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How to begin painting in oils – Video No.277

Posted on February 13, 2019 by

In this beginners guide to oil painting Lena Danya explains the basics in about 10 minutes. In that short time Lena covers many subjects to which she gives you a quick run down in the first 30 seconds. The video … Continue reading →

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