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    Mojito y Che

    Oct 12, 2023 3 minutes

    MATERIALS

    • Canvas (182 x 122cm)
    • 10cm brushes
    • Large brush
    • Rags
    • Tape or Blu-Tack
    • Old toothbrush
    • Acrylic paints
    • Raw Umber
    • Raw Sienna
    • Red Oxide
    • White

    I wanted to tie in an Australian landscape image with the body of work I have been currently creating. The resurrected rail yards in Redfern, Sydney, have provided me with a great industrial backdrop for this painting.

    STEP ONE

    My first

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