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The middle row of trees is painted with Light Avocado, tapped/scrubbed in. As you get towards the top of this row of trees, pick up some Foliage Green brush mixed into your dirty brush to tap on a lighter value. The bottom row of bushes is tapped/scrubbed in starting at the bottom with Light Avocado, picking up Foliage Green for the majority of the bushes and genially adding Margarita at the top. Use the liner and Espresso to paint in tree trunks and branches. FOREGROUND: The grassy area is painted with Foliage Green. Float Light Avocado with the 3/4” angle, along the edge of the grass next to the water on the bank. Also float this color along the right side of the grass inside the rim and around the border of Morning Glories and leaves that fall onto the rim. Float a slightly darker value with Plantation Pine in these same areas. Soften with a mop. The bushes are tapped in with Lt Avocado, Foliage Green and Margarita. Add a touch of Warm White, dabbed on to the tops of these front bushes with the #2 round. Paint the branches with Espresso on the 10/0 liner.
FEBRUARY 2021 ISSUE
WATER: Using the 1” angle, gloat French Grey Blue along the entire left side of the water. Shade by the waterwheel under where the water will come spilling down. Float along the bank pulling the color down above the lower bushes. Using the chisel edge of your brush, streak some of this darker color across the water taking care to keep these lines straight. Using Plantation Pine and the” ¾ angle, softly gloat a reflection of the grassy bank in the water. Finally, with the chisel edge of your brush, streak a few light lines of Blue Chiffon and Warm White. HOUSE: (Figure 2) The house is base coated with Khaki Tan. Float shading of Espresso under the roofline on the far right and the bottom edge on the left. Shade to separate the two sides of the house. The board lines are painted with Espresso. Paint the windows with Espresso and line them with Charcoal Grey. The door and awnings are painted French Grey Blue. Shade and line work are Charcoal Grey. Shade under the windows with Espresso. Paint the posts with Charcoal Grey. Add little bushes around the house with the greens we have been using. The path from the door is chiseled in with Espresso.