MATERIALS
• 75 x 50 cm stretched canvas
• Variety of different sized nylon brushes and some bristle brushes
• Various brands of acrylic paint – Derivan, Kaiser, Matisse, Atelier, Chromacryl and Mont Marte in assorted colours
• Winton oil paints in various colours
• Kaiser acrylic spreader medium and Liquol (No 4) oil spreader medium
PAINTING THE PICTURE
While my preferred medium is oil, I find that with our cooler climate here in Mount Gambier oils take a very long time to dry. Therefore I often use acrylic paint for backgrounds and then paint the final details with oil. I prefer to paint on canvas.
The picture that I have chosen to paint is the scene of a bush