The moods of the sea

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

■ How to paint aerial perspective

■ Handle paint to create smooth walls, and rough stones and rocks

■ How to glaze in oils

You will need

■ Surface

• Stretched canvas 14x36in. (35.5x91.5cm)

■ Artisan Water-Mixable Oils

Titanium white, raw umber, raw sienna, Naples yellow, burnt sienna, cadmium yellow pale, phthalo blue, cobalt blue; permanent alizarin crimson, cadmium red pale and Payne’s grey

■ Brushes

• Rosemary & Co Ivory short fl ats Nos. 1 & 2

• Ivory Rigger No. 0

• Winsor & Newton’s Artisan No. 10

• Winsor & Newton filbert Nos 12 & 14 Filbert

• Winsor & Newton Artisan Round Nos. 2, 6 & 12

■ Miscellaneous

• Painting medium: I mix my own in a ratio of 1:1 (5050) from Winsor & Newton Artisan thinner and safflower oil

• A medium-sized kite-shaped painting knife (for paint mixing)

• Palette: I use a flat, melamine oblong one or a disposable tear-off palette

This scene has a great lead-in and has many of the things that we associate with the South of France. Monet painted Antibes many times from different vantage points, but mostly from a greater distance. I stayed in