Australian How To Paint

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MATERIALS

• Canvas – Good quality 10oz acrylic primed cotton canvas over 60 x 90cm stretcher bars

• Brushes – Most of the large shapes are blocked in using a one and a half inch flat brush and smaller flat brushes are used to define edges. For details, I use a variety of round brushes from size 6 to 12. I use a fan brush that I trim so it is thinned to half its thickness and for feathers and details on the log. The sky was painted with couple of good quality 10cm white, synthetic ABC brand

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