As with many of my tutorials, the decision to paint a subject has been a request from either one of our art school students or YouTube subscribers. The subject of this lesson is the result of so many requests, from direct emails to social media comments, across the board. I looked at many reference photos in the pursuit of just the right scene and settled upon this one for a few reasons. Firstly, I like the fact that there is a good range of colour throughout, there is good depth from front to back and finally it’s strong compositionally. I’m really happy with the final result of my painting and it was fun to film and paint for you. You’ll learn a lot with this one and I think you’re going to enjoy it too.

Good luck,
Michael

Difficulty: Advanced
Panel Size: 12 x 16
Brushes used in this lesson: Michael James Smith Professional Brush Set

In August 2019 Michael switched brush manufacturers and as a result the series numbers/names are different in some of the lessons. In order to be able to complete the lessons regardless of which set you’re using we have put together a chart which lists the equivalent brushes from both sets.

Acrylic paints used in this lesson:
Titanium White
Dioxazine Purple
Cerulean Blue
Burnt Umber
Cadmium Yellow
Cobalt Blue
Sap Green
Ivory Black

Oil paints used in this lesson:
Titanium White
Cadmium Orange
Cobalt Blue
Burnt Sienna
Ivory Black
Cadmium Yellow Hue
Dioxazine Purple
Cerulean Blue
Burnt Umber

Thinner:
White Spirit