Hashim's materials
•Paints
Azo Yellow Lemon, Azo Yellow Medium, Pyrrole Red, Primary Magenta, Ultramarine Violet, Permanent Blue Violet, Brilliant Blue, Cobalt Blue (Ultramarine), Phthalo Blue, Greenish Blue, Prussian Blue (Phthalo), Phthalo Green, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna and Titanium White, all Amsterdam Standard acrylics
•Brushes
Daler-Rowney Skyflow large flat brushes, sizes ½”, 1”, 1.5” and 2”
•Support
Stretched cotton canvas, 60x75cm
•Kitchen roll
•White plastic tray
•Water pot
1 Apply a base colour
Painting a street scene in acrylics can be tricky, as you contend with rapid drying times and trying to capture too much detail. If your pictures look flat or confused, try to remember that acrylic suffers if you excessively blend or layer it, and that overly diluting the paint can also flatten the colour. Confidently placed brushstrokes are…