MATERIALS
• Stretched canvas.
• Artists’ oil paints: Titanium White, Cerulean Blue, French Ultramarine, Cadmium Yellow Light, Cadmium Scarlet, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Viridian, Permanent Crimson.
• Liquin and Mineral Turps.
• Brushes: 000 fine point, Number 4 and Number 10 Badger.
STEP ONE
After a few thumbnail sketches to get a visual plan worked out, I drew up an accurate drawing that could be gridded and transferred to the canvas. I rarely do this; however given that accuracy for this kind of subject is paramount, it best suited my needs in this case. Before the drawing was transferred, I gave the canvas a light turpsy wash of purple (made with French Ultramarine and Permanent Crimson) in order to get rid of the whiteness of the canvas. This helped evaluate…