Focus on painting realistic shadows as you follow Charles Evans’ demonstration painting of a winter scene

Charles Evans’

Acrylic

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Paint texture in acrylic

How to paint snow, shadows and the effect of light

Add the effect of stonework without the detail

You will need

Surface

Winsor & Newton 140lb Rough watercolour paper, 21x30in. (53x76cm)

Winsor & Newton Galeria acrylics

Raw umber

Raw sienna

Payne’s grey

Cobalt blue

Alizarin crimson

Titanium white

Hooker’s green

Cotman brushes

Flat 3⁄4in.

Round No. 8

Rigger No. 3

Cobalt blue watercolour

Step 1

Make an outline drawing. Start on the left-hand side with the large foreground building and the more distant buildings then fill in between.

Step 2

1 To paint a very simple sky wash, use the flat brush to pre-wet the entire sky area. From the top add fairly strong cobalt blue watercolour using broad strokes. Allow the wash to become weaker as the strokes come further down the paper.

2 Wash and squeeze out the brush and suck out the clouds. Importantly, let this dry before starting on the buildings. The rest of this painting is now completed using acrylics.