Painting # 17: Applying coloured paint: Simple Sunset

Composition Source:

Exercise 2: Applying coloured paint:  Simple Sunset

"Learn to Paint in Acrylics with 50 Small Paintings" by Mark Daniel Nelson; 

5 step-by-step directions with photos to guide you.

Finished artwork:
Size:  ~ 6" x 6" 


 Finished artwork:

Paints:

• acrylics:
• Grumbacher Academy in Cadmium Red Medium hue
• Liquitex basics level:  Titanium White, Cadmium yellow light hue, Cadmium orange hue, 
• the dark grey-violet mix of leftover paint for the land of the foreground silhouetted

Brushes:

• 1 inch foam brush for underpainting background and the bands of sky colours 

• #8 round: used to add a few small bumps on the horizon to give the indication of buildings and trees; also used to add small strokes of Titanium White on the horizon to indicate the setting sun.
• Princeton Select "Filbert Grainer" 3/4": used it to make feathery lines of lighter coverage where the colours transition; but it was not actually needed.

Surface or Support:  

•  Michaels Store brand, Artist's Loft, canvas panel for oil or acrylics, 6" x 6",  gesso primed.  Nice solid surface to paint on.  
• under-painted the whole sky area with Cadmium yellow light hue, with a second coat on the bottom section that stays yellow.

Composition Source:

Exercise 2. Applying coloured paint: Simple Sunset

"Learn to Paint in Acrylics with 50 Small Paintings" by Mark Daniel Nelson


• 5 step-by-step directions with photos to guide you