Painting # 30: LIGHT, SHADOW, and VALUE OUTDOORS: Road and grass

Composition Source:

Exercise  15: LIGHT, SHADOW, and VALUE OUTDOORS:  Road and grass

"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" 

In Progress work and drawing:

Paints: acrylics, student grade by:
by Liquitex Basics, Amsterdam, Grumbacher Academy.

• Yellow Ochre, Cadmium Yellow light, Cobalt Blue, Sky Blue Light, Unbleached Titanium, Cadmium Orange, Burnt Sienna, Mars Black
• Greens:  brilliant yellow green, Hookers green hue permanent, Cadmium green deep, Olive Green Light. I'm don't recall if I used any of these as they weren't called for, but I had them out.

Brushes & Tools:

• Instructions called for only a #10 round brush
• but I utilized a 3/4" flat wash, #4 filbert,  #8 round,   #4 flat wisp, 3/8" deerfoot stippler
• plastic palette knife for mixing paint,
• plastic ruler for paint straight edges
• Triangle ruler for squaring
• Materson Sta-Wet Palette  
• Paint brush Cleaner - water tub with brush holder

Surface or Support:  

• Mont Marte brand.  Medium-heavy canvas sheets, cut to size. No buckling or warping.