Artist's Back to Basics

By the Bank

MATERIALS

• I use Daler Rowney paints:
• Raw Sienna
• Burnt Sienna
• Pthalo Blue
• Indian Yellow
• Cobalt Blue
• Permanent Rose
• Ultramarine Blue
• White Gouache

STEP ONE

Mix a thin wash of Raw Sienna, remembering that watercolour dries lighter. Wash in sky area. Mix mauve in a

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