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    Steeped in tradition

    Aug 19, 2022 4 minutes

    LEARNING OBJECTIVES

    ■ Practise colour mixing for natural and manmade elements

    ■ Paint shadows effectively

    ■ Work with different brushstrokes for various effects

    The following painting demo was taken from a client’s photograph (below), but I wanted to paint the mill, which is now converted into a home, in a more traditional setting. I made the changes via the drawing (below) to take the image back in time. I put back the wheel, added the lucam – the structure in the roof of a mill that projects out from the building to allow the hoist to winch up sacks clear of the mill and give protection from the weather – and took out the car and replaced it

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