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DVD Worksheet
Materials
Paint
Ultramarine Blue
Alizarin Crimson (perm)
Quinacridone Gold
Cobalt Blue
Brushes
1” Flat Brush
1/4” Flat Brush
1” Bristle Brush
3” Hake Brush
#2 Rigger Brush
Paper
1/4 sheet
Cold Pressed
Old Towel to wipe
your brushes on
Paper towel
Masking Tape
© john lovett MMVIII
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Simple Skies 4 - Wash Feather and Blot
This is a slightly more complicated sky, but also more predictable and controllable
Tips
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Lost edges
Pay attention to the edges, some areas require hard, definite edges, while elsewhere, soft, lost edges are needed.
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Ultramarine Blue
Using Ultramarine Blue (a sedimentary non staining color) rather than Phthalo Blue (a strong transparent stain)
means we can easily lift the dry pigment off for the light areas on the foreground buildings.
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Hake Brush
Have an old towel handy to keep your hake brush as dry as possible when you feather out the sky.
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Cobalt Blue Wash
The Cobalt Blue wash placed over the lower area of the sky is a great way of pushing the sky back into the distance.
A Permanent Rose wash can be used in a similar manner to pull foregrounds forward. The transparency of Cobalt Blue
and Permanent Rose mean all the underlying detail and subtlety will not be lost. Let these washes dry thoroughly before working
over them.
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Substitute Colors
Indian Yellow can be used in place of Quinacridone Gold.
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