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I probably could have left this painting after the first 20 seconds or so. But there is a tendency in me to keep making marks and keep evolving the artwork. This is not finished yet. I may post a second instalment of where this painting goes but I still agree with my words at the end in terms of taking the eye further into the centre of the page and the placement of some stronger tones by way of trees on the right side. I hope you enjoyed watching the process. I put in an occasional sped up section with music when I was not saying anything so the video was not too long.

Paper: this was painted on Somerset 300gsm, white, 56m x 76cm.

Paints: Winsor and Newton Prussian Blue and Alizarin Crimson

Equipment: MDF board, 3M magic tape, Ron Ranson hake brushes (1 inch and 2 inch) holbein hake brushes and one Silver brush 5514S Alpine white blender. Spray bottle, tissues, small knife and razor blade

Happy Painting!

 
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Paints
Winsor and Newton Artist Quality Tubes:
Cobalt Blue amazon: https://geni.us/WinsorNewtonCobaltBlue
Yellow Ochre amazon: https://geni.us/YellowOchreTube
Light Red amazon: https://geni.us/LightRedTube

Winsor and Newton Cotman Tubes (student quality):
Cobalt Blue amazon: https://geni.us/cotmancobaltblue
Light Red amazon: https://geni.us/cotmanlightred
Yellow Ochre amazon: https://geni.us/cotmanyellowochre


Tape
3M Scotch Magic Tape amazon: https://geni.us/ScotchMagicTape19mm
3M Scotch Removable Tape amazon: https://geni.us/ScotchRemovableTape

Brushes
Round Sable - Size 12 round kolinsky sable from amazon: https://geni.us/SAAKolinskySable

Imitation sable - amazon: https://geni.us/EscodaRoundSable

Holbein Hake Brushes: https://geni.us/HolbeinHakeBrushes

Equivalent Hake Brushe 2” amazon: https://geni.us/WinsorNewtonHake

Nylon Flat Brush amazon: https://geni.us/NylonFlatBrush

Travel Brush set with covers amazon: https://geni.us/travelbrushset

Mixing Brushes and other effect brushes amazon: https://geni.us/HogBristleBrushes

If you just want two hogs bristle brushes then the best thing to do is to head to your local art supplies store and buy them there.

Watercolour Paper
Arches 300gsm medium cold pressed pad amazon: https://geni.us/ArchesPad

Arches 300gsm medium cold pressed block which is glued on the outside so you don’t have to stick it down on a board amazon: https://geni.us/ArchesWatercolourPaper

Rives BFK etching paper. Probably best to source this from your local store so you can look after the paper and not have it posted unless you are buying a large amount of paper and it will be looked after. There is nothing worse than getting hundreds of sheets all with a indent in them. Having said that you can actually source this paper from amazon:

https://geni.us/RivesBFK

Some people have been extremely happy with the state of the paper when it arrived (and some not!)

I love this paper it is soft and lights are lifted easily from it.


Equipment Used to Film Each Episode

Camera - Canon 6d mark II with 24-105 lens amazon: https://geni.us/Canon6dMarkII

Iphone 11: https://geni.us/iphone11pro256gb 

Rode Video Mic Pro amazon: https://geni.us/RodeVidMicPro

I also use: Rode Wireless Go Mic: https://geni.us/rodewirelessmic 

Aputure LED Lights from amazon: https://geni.us/apurtureH198light

Aputure LED Lights with stand from amazon: https://geni.us/aputureledlight

Mac Book Pro for editing: https://www.apple.com/

Friction arms
Manfrotto friction arm short one amazon: https://geni.us/ManfrottoMicroFriction

Manfrotto magic arm longer one so my camera can be closer to the page from my overhead rig amazon: https://geni.us/manfrottofrictionarm

Neewer Friction arms cheaper than manfrotto and good for lighter things like lights from amazon: https://geni.us/neewerfrictionarm

Hard Drive for storage WD 4TB amazon: https://geni.us/WDHardDrive

Hard Drive for projects Samsung T5 500GB SSD amazon: https://geni.us/SamsungT5SSD

Manfrotto Tripod and Video Head amazon: https://geni.us/ManfrottoTripodHybrid

Photo Editing - Affinity Photo: https://geni.us/AffinityPhoto