Assignment

Your class project is to paint a pair of foxes with mixed soft and hard edges, pigments mixing on the page and lots of white paper. I want you to work quickly and stay loose. Don't judge it until it is fully dry.

Materials

the reference is a combination of two photos from Unsplash (Fox 1, Fox 2). I’ve pasted the two together and have the image and a template that you can download.

The paints I'll be using are

Daniel Smith Pyrol Red
Daniel Smith Hansa Yellow medium
Daniel Smith Indigo
Daniel Smith Transparent Brown Oxide

Pen

You need a fineliner for this one - not water soluble, you want the lines to stay. I used a Faber-Castell Ecco Pigment water-fast size 0.5 pen.

Brushes

I'll be using a round Neef 4750LP size 10 squirrel/taklon mix and a small neef synthetic, 970 round size 3.

Arches cold press watercolour paper, 300g

Palette (I use a cheap basic one)

Board for the paper

HB pencil (I didn't use an eraser, just left the lines)

Spray bottle for water (a small one without really violent spraying, gentle is good)

Tissues or paper towel

Jar of water

Sharing Your Work

Please feel free to post your finished painting (or any of the stages) under "Your Project". Questions are encouraged and welcome.

The work you produce is for your own personal use - go ahead and hang it on your wall or gift to a friend but paintings from the class are not to be sold or exhibited.

Lisa Dewyngaert

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