
Then with the Cadmium Yellow Light and Titanium white, I paint the halftone and finally the highlight. I then introduce a Burnt Sienna so we can add a slightly warmer tone to the transition line of the form of the apple. I just use these two colours on the form shadow, lightening the tone slightly to indicate the reflected light. Painting in the form shadow using a mix of Raw Umber & Cadmium Yellow Light. Take note of how the line is darkest and sharpest under the apple and then becomes softer and lighter as it gets further away from the light source. Swapping to a smaller round brush, I can add some of the darkest tones into the stalk of the apple using the pure Raw Umber paint. I now work between the foreground and the background painting in thicker areas of paint to give a varied background, leaving some of the coloured ground peeking through. I then add some Titanium White and Ultramarine Blue to paint a thicker application in the foreground. The first thing I do is tone down the background using a heavy body Raw Umber acrylic paint.īy varying the consistency on the paint with water, I can scrub in the background tone to give me a sense of the dark and light values within the scene. Next, I square off the top of the apple and sketch in any angles of the outer edge shape. I can then draw in the form shadow line this gives me a guide to work to when blocking in the form shadow.

I draw around a circular object (about 7-8cm in diameter) to establish the apple’s basic circular shape and the ellipse shape of the cast shadow. To see how I apply an acrylic ground See: How to apply a coloured ground. Apply a coloured ground.įor this painting, I wanted to have a bright glow underneath the form of the apple, so I applied a mix of Yellow Ochre & Cadmium yellow light to a white pre-primed box canvas. (Brands used: For this particular painting, I used a whole mix of brands including Golden Heavy Body Paints, Winsor & Newton Artist Acrylics, Liquitex and Daler Rowney Artist Quality Acrylics.) 7 simple steps to begin: Step#1. Rosemary & Co Ivory filbert brushSize 6 – Short Handle.8 x 10-inch pre-primed white canvas (I have applied a yellow coloured ground).



The image above is the reference image I use for this demonstration.
