MATERIALS
• BRUSHES Pro Arte Polar 32 White Nylon Square Edged 1/8%,⅜ ", ¼", ›%, 1%
• COLOURS Winsor & Newton Artist’s Oil Colours: Titanium White, Lemon Yellow Hue, Cadmium Yellow Hue, Naples Yellow, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Cadmium Red, Alizarin Crimson, Ultramarine, Turquoise, Raw Umber, Payne’s Gray, Davy’s Gray, Sap Green, Indigo
• WINSOR & NEWTON ARTIST’S QUALITY COTTON CANVAS 100X100CM
Every year clouds of pink and white Japanese anemones spring up with delicate flower heads floating on tall slender stems. I wanted to paint a mass of them in a garden, capturing their simplicity, hinting at the way they sway in the breeze.
I found the perfect clump in a small front garden round the corner from my house in North London, and managed to snatch a photograph…