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    Garden subjects

    Aug 06, 2021 4 minutes

    LEARNING OBJECTIVES

    ■ Tips and techniques for painting small and fast

    ■ Find inspiration in the smallest of spaces

    ■ Build confidence in painting with oils

    DENIS’S GARDEN PAINTING EQUIPMENT

    ● Jackson’s oil colours

    ● Griffin Alkyd white

    ● Jackson’s painting panels, 8x10in.

    ● Jackson’s pochade painting box

    ● Brushes (various)

    ● Rag

    ● Painting medium, turps or a low-odour thinner

    ● Viewing frame, sketchbook and pencil

    Gardens offer a variety of painting subjects other than just flowers, and your garden is convenient and private, and most suitable for initial experiences into painting. Frequent short painting sessions in this private space, therefore, will help you to progress along your

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