We
are now going to paint in the shadow that runs down the centre of
the leaf. (See illustration 1.) Pick up your no2 sable brush
and load it again with clear water moisten the inside of the leaf
approximately half a centimetre away from where you are going to paint
in the line. ( An eighth of an inch for those of you still clinging
to imperial.) Take the clear wash across the leaf roughly halfway,
again no dry patches and no puddles. Then working quite quickly paint
down the centre of the leaf with the dark paint you previously mixed
and then take that dark line into the water that you previously laid
down, notice how it starts to blend into the first green you laid
down. ( See illustration 1.) Dry with the hairdryer.
Illustration
2
Repeat
this along the left side of the leaf. ( See illustration 2.)
When you have completed this dry with the hairdryer. You are now ready
to start painting in the fine detail.
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