The title of this week’s demonstration may not sound that exciting, but Caroline presented a very interesting session, bringing a rather ordinary subject to life with innovative techniques.
There were three images of different forms of rust, each requiring different treatment, as sectioned below:
Mosaic Rust
Acrylic
Mixing Cadmium Red and Cadmium Yellow deep making a rust colour, paint on a few shapes in purple, then fill in with a darker red and high light with orange/yellow. You can use a damaged brush .For the flakes mix white with blue for three shades of grey. Gradually build the flakes, using the three greys and inserting dark shadows, as below
Dripping Rust
Watercolour
Using a flat brush, put on a water wash. Mix Yellow Ochre & Orange and allow it to drip down. Then add the red and allow it to move around with the flat brush. Add the dark brown on top and, while still wet, sprinkle with sea salt.
Rust Columns
Watercolour
Put a water wash on first, using a blue grey. Wash in between grey infills using a yellow layer.
Put orange onto the yellow and allow to drop. Splatter with dark red/brown.
We were all engrossed and found the demonstration really riveting!