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My Art in the Making Gentle Giant

Reference photo

Reference photo
STAGE 1 MARKING OUT
I begin by finding the centre of the canvas and roughly block painting
out the subject matter using the animal marking as a guide.

WHAT THE ARTIST USED

Canvas
» 20 x 20" stretched 100% cotton canvas
Brushes
» Size 3/0, 4, 6 round brushes

» Size 3/8-inch, ¾-inch flat brushes
» Glue brush
Other tools
» Palette knife
Other materials
» Range of handmade paper
Oil Colours
» Burnt sienna » Lemon yellow
» Cadmium orange » Magenta
» Chrome green hue » Naples yellow
» Cobalt violet » Permanent green light STAGE 2 DEPTH
» French ultramarine » Titanium white Next, I begin adding the various handmade papers paying attention to the texture/
» Indian red » Van Dyke brown colours of the papers, following the contours of the head, ears and neck to enhance
» Lamp black » Yellow ochre the shape and overall three-dimensional effect.

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