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    Last Light Before the Storm – Atherton Tablelands

    Feb 08, 2018 3 minutes
    By Ludij Peden

    MATERIALS MATERIALS

    • Stretched primed canvas, 600 x 900 mm.
    • Black and white gesso.
    • Flat and round soft Taklon brushes of varying sizes.
    • Fine rigger brush.
    • Palette knife.
    • Coloured pastel pencils.
    • Genesis Heat Set Oils: Cobalt Blue; Ultramarine Blue; Burnt Umber; Burnt Sienna; Black; Titanium White; Yellow Ochre; Alizarin Crimson; Indigo; Genesis Yellow.
    • Genesis Thinning Medium and Genesis Glazing Medium.
    • Paper towels.
    • Heat gun.
    • Glass palette.

    Step 1

    The first thing I do when confronted with a white canvas is give it several coats of coloured

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