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Something a bit different - drawing with a brush !
 
Instead of always drawing with a pencil we will try something different and draw with our brush. A Cottage is a good example of Light and Dark tones that describe shapes by suggestion.
cottage drawn with a brush only
Our brain is able to see a recognisable shape and can identify it with very little information and without all the outlines. Notice that the shape is only partly painted.
 
Practice this exercise many time with lots of different colours but not too big.
Stage 1. Make a puddle of cerulean using a No. 4 round brush.
Stage 2. Paint a rectangle - this is the roof of the building - dip the line at the top to suggest a sag in the roofline. step 1 of painting a cottage with a brush only

Stage 3. Add a small chimney.

 step 2 of painting a cottage with a brush only
Stage 4. Add two long window shapes. step 3 of painting a cottage with a brush only
Stage 5. Put foliage at the front. Hold your brush horizontal and very flat to the paper and apply the paint with upward flicks. step 4 of painting a cottage with a brush only
Practice over and over. No two will look exactly alike. Enhance your foliage with more paint.
step 5 of painting a cottage with a brush only
 
To further develop this skill, you can paint a small amount of Yellow Ochre on your paper Wet in Wet. When the Yellow Ochre is dry you can mix two colours together in your puddle with the following results:
 
cottage painted with a brush using ultramarine and cadmium red cottage painted with a brush using permanent rose and cerulean cottage painted with a brush using cadmium yellow and ultramarine
Ultramarine and Cadmium Red
Permanent Rose and Cerulean
Cadmium Yellow and Ultramarine
All three painted after the Yellow Ochre Wet in Wet has dried.
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