Morning class,
This week, I’ve been painting a small postcard study of a street scene in Mousehole on the Cornish Coast. It was a really grey day, full of a mizzle sky and lots of rain reflected on the road.
I liked how this view had dashes of yellow from the double yellow lines that had faded out. These matched the same colours as the hedge on the right-hand side.
There is some warmer orange yellow in the roof, and in the very far distance, just above the chimney, you can see the little cottages that go around the harbour. (You can see a sketch of the harbour towards the end of this article)
Downloadable Reference Image for the Painting:
If you click here is a 20 x 20cm larger scale version
Materials you will need:
- 4 x 4-inch or 6 x 6-inch square canvas board or canvas (It would also work on a larger scale)
- Palette Knife for mixing Oils Paints
- Pencil or Acrylic marker to draw out
- Hog hair round brush for blocking-in
- Small Round brush
Oil Paint Colours
This was the palette I used on for the painting, I wanted some low chroma colours. (You can learn about Chroma here)
Oil Painting Mediums
Gamblin Paints, Refined Linseed Oil
This is the only dilutant I used with the oil paints, just a small amount onto the brush. For the first block, I didn’t dilute the paints at all.
Drawing Out the Scene
I’m drawing out with an acrylic marker from Daler Rowney called an FW marker. It’s an empty marker that I have filled with a fluid acrylic called ‘high flow’ acrylic from Golden Paints.
Golden High Flow Acrylic, F & W Daler Rowney mixed-media paint marker
Preparing Your Palette: Mixing the Base Colours
I mix a few basic values and then block in a base colour with a hog hair bristle brush.
After the block-in I swap to a small watercolour brush and use this for the rest of the painting.
Refining the drawing and looking for a balance of values.
Mousehole in the Mizzle, Oil on Board, Will Kemp
How you enjoy it,
Cheers.
Will
