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Start Art 5 63 www.painters-online.co.uk ✎ T I P When you use acrylics thickly it is important to use a damp brush, rather than loaded with water STAGE 1 Apply a fairly thin layer of orange mixed from cadmium red and cadmium yellow in the area of the sky and some of the fields. Paint the areas where the trees will be with lemon yellow, so that at a later stage by adding Prussian blue you can mix an uneven green on the surface of the paper. Use a 1in. (2.5cm) wash brush for this purpose as it can cover a wide area. The layer of colour will be quite uneven, thicker in some areas, and the painting will look rather messy at this stage STAGE 2 Mix a green from Prussian blue and lemon yellow and apply it to the hedgerows and the field in the foreground using your short flat size 4 brush. Also apply Prussian blue to the foliage on the trees which, mixed with the yellow underneath, will create an uneven green. Add more blue to the mix of green for the hedgerow in the distance