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Early Morning in the Avon Valley

Materials List

• Double thick stretched canvas
• Charcoal
• Raphael brushes: Size 18, 14 and 8
• Westart riggers: Size 1 and 2
• Art Spectrum oil paint:
– Cerulean Blue
– Langridge oil paints:
– Cad Yellow
– Cad Orange
– Cad Red Light
– Burnt Sienna
– Burnt Umber
– Ultramarine Blue
– Cobalt Blue
– Gamblin oil paints:
– Dioxicean Purple

Step One

The canvas I am using is a reasonably large piece, 120cm X 92cm double thick stretched canvas, so the best thing to do is get some colour on it before you start sketching out your subject. I did this by using an 8cm flat brush to move the mix of Burnt Sienna and Perlyne Crimson around the canvas. After doing this

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