MATERIALS
• Plywood substrate.
• Winsor & Newton oil paints: Titanium White; Paynes Grey; Lamp Black; Raw Umber; Yellow Ochre Light; Italian Pink; Red Crimson.
• Liquol – for watering down the paint.
• Chinograph pencil for the initial sketch.
• Various brushes.
STEP ONE
For this painting, I chose to use plywood which I coated using Raw Umber watered down with Liquol – which settled into the grain nicely and enhanced the plywood look.
STEP TWO
When the first coat was dry, I then sketched a very rough interpretation of the picture onto the ply
