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I used the similar cool roof colours to dab in some windows and other darks in the foreground. Here the coolness of the blues and greens counteracted with the warmth of the reds to create some interesting contrasts. The lawn comes next using Sap and Phthalo Greens, Coeruleum Blue, a hint of Deep Violet, and Yellow Ochre.
White mixed with Process Cyan and Cadmium Yellow is carefully painted over the right hand area around the windows and cars. Before the sky goes in and stronger whites were applied, I used a 1” brush loaded with vibrant warms, including Cadmium Red, Cadmium Yellow and Lemon Yellow, applying it to the areas of strong light.
Test your warm and cool sky colours on a mixing tray to work out the appropriate shades. I left a gap in the brushstroke for the sky to give a break for the flagpole. The next strip of sky contained more Titanium White, Cadmium Yellow and Process Magenta. The magenta is a good bridge between the yellow and the more pure blue at the top.
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With such large amounts of complementary colours mixing together the brushes and palette soon becomes very corrupt. Occasionally you’ll need to clean brushes and skimmed away the muddy colours. Some of these mixtures are invaluable so try to judge when colours go completely flat as to when they will need rinsing.
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Using a 1 1/2 and later a 1 inch brush I scoop Phthalo Green, Coeruleum Blue, Violet and a touch of Burnt Sienna to block in the dark wall and other pockets of dark shadows by the cars and bench. The first small application of white is added to Magenta with a touch of Olive for the pink houses and Yellow Ochre with a hint of Violet for the cream houses.
Now came the tricky bit. I handled the sky in sections, with a 2” brush working from the base. I’m careful to paint around the tops of buildings, loading massive amounts of Cadmium Yellow and Cadmium Yellow Deep with a touch of white. I dragged horizontal strokes from left to right, trying to avoid going back over them too much. A brighter, more potent white was applied later.
The next step was awkward as I introduced more Cobalt Blue to the brush with Titanium White, Cadmium Yellow and Process Magenta. To combat the mixture going green, more Magenta was added which should cancel that out. More Cobalt Blue should now be visible at the very top.
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As the sky layers dried, I lightly skimmed blue tinges over yellow areas and yellow tinges over those bluish-magenta areas. Using a 3/4” brush, I applied a warm strip of Cadmium Yellow mixed with Process Magenta down the side of the lighthouse. A couple of large drags of the blue sky colour with a touch of Phthalo Green created the shaded areas.