Assignment

Your class project is to paint a white swan, using minimal colour and strong contrast to form the white subject.

Please note subtitles may take a week or so to come through on the site.

Materials

The reference photo is from Pixabay and can be dowloaded using this link Swan Reference Photo

The paints I'll be using are

Winsor and Newton Yellow Ochre (or raw sienna)
Winsor and Newton Burnt Sienna
Daniel Smith Lavender
Daniel Smith Indigo
Daniel Smith Hansa Yellow Medium (or cad yellow)
Daniel Smith Pyrol Red (or cad red)
Daniel Smith Phthalo Turquoise
Winsor and Newton French Ultramarine
Art Spectrum White Gouache (just for a tiny spot in the eye so you don't really need it)

Brushes - I'll be using a Neef 4750-LP size 8 squirrel/taklon mix for the bulk of the painting a two medium to small synthetics for details (Neef 970 taklon round sizes 3 and 00)

Arches cold press watercolour paper, 300g

Palette (I use a cheap basic one)

Board for the paper (I paint flat and don't tape down)

Tissues/paper towel

HB pencil and eraser

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.

Music Credit - Internal Joy by MDStockSound, Motion Array.

Shuyu

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