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    Finishing touches. The last thing to do is to bri Finishing touches. The last thing to do is to bring the sides of the piece together by drawing in the dark electric cable lights. They go down the side of the buildings and criss-cross across the alleyway. These wires are really key to capturing that atmosphere of the street; they also echo the washing line’s shape in the far distance of the scene. The starter set did pretty well, there were a few materials I could have used to refine it a bit more but it was fun being restricted from my normal setup. You can download the reference image from the blog. It would also work in watercolours, pastels, or oils whatever you’ve got at home. Really hope you enjoy it!
    Adding red. I introduce a warmer red and bring in Adding red. I introduce a warmer red and bring in some more of that lovely pinky salmon using Naphthol Red Light and Titanium White. Stronger red hues dotted around the buildings help to move your eye from side to side. I also break up some of the purple in the path.
    Increasing the contrast I’m now contrasting th Increasing the contrast I’m now contrasting the warm colours on the left by adding muted greens and greys onto the shutters. Also adding small details with contrasting lights, such as the doorway on the left, now we’ve got in this fine white edge it really makes it look more like a doorway. So we’ve got more of a tonal contrast, as well as a colour contrast. To get a fine line on the shutters, I’ve just been using a flat brush. And because it’s quite stiff, I’m just kind of dabbing using the end of the brush. A bit like a potato print, if you imagine, just like dabbing it down along the edges of the shutters, and you get this fine one line, rather than trying to draw it with the brush.
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