ANNA’S MATERIALS
Watercolours
Scarlet Lake, Opera Rose, Winsor Lemon, Winsor Green (Yellow Shade), Permanent Sap Green, Winsor Blue Green Shade, Cobalt Turquoise Light, Burnt Sienna and Payne’s Gray, all Winsor & Newton Professional Water Colour; Transparent Orange, Schmincke Horadam Aquarelle; Quinacridone Purple, Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolour
Paper
Hot-pressed (smooth) Arches 100% cotton paper
Brushes
Golden synthetic pointer spotters, sizes 000, 0, 1, 3 and 5 (available as the Anna Mason Set from Rosemary & Co.)
Support
Pencil Eraser Kitchen Roll
1 DRAW YOUR SUBJECT
I like to work from photos, especially when the subject is tiny and might move. Photos also have the benefit of capturing exactly how light was falling on a subject in a given moment.
To make the painting process as easy as possible, the drawing needed to be a ‘contour’ drawing, mapping out the outside edges of the frog and bamboo but also any clear edges to shapes of colour within the frog and bamboo. These included the eyes, the
