Oils
Learning objectives
■ How to create texture and interest in your paintings
■ How to handle your brushes
■ Choose the right brush for the job
When looking at the natural landscape with a view to painting it, you will soon notice that it is bursting with a wide variety of shapes, textures and marks, seemingly scattered at random around it. Now this can provide us with a bit of a challenge, as our brains like to have order. If we are not careful or aware of our actions while painting a tree, for example, our brains will have us paint every leaf to be the same size, shape and distance apart. It can be difficult for us to paint in a random organic fashion, so how can we convincingly reproduce such a broad range of marks, and what do we use?
The most popular tool for painting has always been the brush, and
