Artist's Palette

Spring

This is a simple dynamically created landscape. I call this my ‘rough as guts’ method. Results are not always predictable, but the end product is always legible. I sense spontaneous dribbles going in various directions; then filling in areas with blocks of intense colour. This intensity adds drama, especially when the sense of light comes from the back giving a morning or evening glow.

MATERIALS

• Art Spectrum pre-primed pastel paper (Cream).

• A firm support board and tape to hold the pastel paper flat.

• Art

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