Lesson No.5 - Painting Warm Light and Cool Shadows

This lesson was all about shadow.  The left side of the building was in shadow away from the warm sunlight.  We painted in soft purple hues with no hard edges.  Remember, shadow can still be colourful and detailed - just keep it soft and muted.  I like to mix a Ultramarine Blue with Cadmium Red and add that mix to the colour I want in shade.  This helps to grey it off so you don't have bright colours.

"The Offspring"

 At last I have finished my portrait of my son-in-law and grandson.  It only took 6 months!

Lesson No.4 - Loosen Up And Have Fun!

Everyone found painting the corrugated iron on the woolshed very easy.  We used the same colours as for the roof, adding shadows and detail later.  We streaked and dabbed, trying to be very rough with our painting so it didn't look too neat.  It was fun.

Lesson No. 3 - Creating Texture in Oils

 

I like to paint from top to bottom, left to right.  So, on to that old rusty roof.  It was a mixture of reds, oranges, and dark red-purples.  The only tricky bit was to ensure that the angle of the corrugated iron was correct.  Texture was important, so we simply scraped and dabbed on the colours.

Lesson No.2 - Painting A Distant Tree

We accomplished a lot in this lesson.  The sky was painted in Ultramarine Blue and we just added Lemon to the mix to dab in the tree behind the shed.  It was easy to feather the tree off into the sky while the paint was wet.  Branches were dabbed in a soft purple and highlights to the leaves were added last.  The idea was to have a soft out-of-focus effect to give the painting depth.