raw umber

Paint the window shutters and window boxes olive green; around the edges, paint a light, raw umber wash.

After priming, it was sprayed with Bright Gold spray paint and aged with a little raw umber. Beads found at Village Beads in Ridgeland and Garry Graves Landscape, Inc., Gift Shop and candle covers were added for an updated and fun look.

I dropped in a little Charles Evans Sand before adding a bit of yellow ochre to the top and some raw umber to the bottom, letting the colours blend.

Before starting on the boats I painted the main building to the right, dampening it and then dropping in all the colours - Charles Evans Sand followed by a little yellow ochre, raw umber and then a touch of cobalt blue.

"My favourite effect is a bleached driftwood colour which I get by mixing raw umber and white, but the choices are endless.

3 rigger brush and a mix of raw umber and cobalt blue I painted a few tree trunks and twiggy bits to form the more distant of the bigger trees.

Then Rachel mixed up a soft grey varnish, mixing a little white emulsion, raw umber and black artist's acrylic together with some clear acrylic varnish, and used this to paint shadows round the painted wooden trellis.

I dampen the church with clean water and fill it in with Charles Evans Sand, adding a little yellow ochre to the light side and raw umber to the dark side.

When this has dried, use wire wool to rub over the waxed area, exposing the lighter base coat underneath, then if you want your furniture to look like a an antique, mix some raw umber artists' paint into a clear acrylic varnish, and apply with a brush.

The careful bit comes when I stroke in a few touches of yellow ochre (for the lighter areas of the beach) followed by raw umber (for the darker).

7 Finally, stipple once more with a very diluted raw umber.

Others I painted in raw umber, stronger in the dark sides and weaker in the light sides.

Using my No 8 again, I dampened the area with clean water and then dropped in yellow ochre followed by raw umber and finally a bit of my blue.

I applied yellow ochre followed by touches of burnt sienna and a little raw umber, letting it dry before I started the building.

Working quickly I dropped in some yellow ochre on the lighter sides, followed by raw umber on the darker sides, then a few touches of light red throughout.