THIS WEEK WE WORKED TOWARDS COMPLETING OUR WINTER SCENE BY EDWARD SEAGO.
THE OBJECT OF THIS EXERCISE WAS TO SEE HOW MANY VARIATIONS WE COULD GET OUT OF 3 PAINTS.
FOR BOTH THESE PAINTINGS WE ONLY USED, CADMIUM RED, YELLOW OCHRE AND PRUSSIAN BLUE OR INDIGO.

STARTING THE BLUE BIASED PAINTING WAS EASY WITH 2 SIMPLE WASHES.





THE BROWN BIASED ONE WAS MORE COMPLICATED, ALTHOUGH WE COULD HAVE STARTED IT THE SAME WAY AS BLUE, TO SAVE TIME WE WENT STRAIGHT INTO A FLAT CLOUD SHAPED WASH WHICH WAS BROKEN UP AT THE EDGES.


THIS WAS EASIER SAID THAN DONE, AND ONLY 1 OR 2 OF US GOT IT STRAIGHT OFF, AS THE WASH DEMANDED THAT WE HAVE A MARK FEE INTERIOR, WHICH MEANT QUITE A LOT OF WATER, BUT VERY LITTLE WATER AT THE EDGES TO GIVE A BROKEN DRY BRUSHSTROKE EFFECT.

THIS INVOLVED US PAINTING VERY QUICKLY, AND EITHER REYING ON THE BRUSH BEING SPENT, BY THE TIME IT GOT TO THE EDGES, OR DRYING OUR BRUSH OUT SUFFICIENTLY TO CREATE THE SAME EFFECT.

WE ALL GOT THROUGH A TON OF PAPER IN PRACTICING THIS BEFOREHAND

HOWEVER, DURING THE EXPERIMENTATION WE CAME UP WITH SKIES THAT WERE QUITE LOVELY IF NOT CORRECT FOR THIS EXERCISE

WE ALL FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO KEEP THE INTERIOR OF THE CLOUD MARK FREE, WHILST 'SCUMBLING' THE EDGES.

WE DID GET SOME REALLY NICE PAINTINGS COMPLETED, AND WE LEARNED AN AWFUL LOT.