Journey of the North West Cape – Exmouth

An admirer of acrylics from Western Australia has submitted this intriguing collage work which showcases some of the endearing features of her inspiring surroundings.

Contributed by Kim Borschmann

This painting is a collage of some of the wonders of Exmouth which is situated on the Ningaloo Reef in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. I selected some of the features I wanted to include: Cape Range; Vlaming Head Light House; emus; whalesharks; the Ningaloo Reef; Yardie Creek; turtles; termite mounds; and the magical sky … the list could go on. STEP ONE I painted the sky, the ocean and Yardie Creek. This took several layers of paint so that none of the white canvas showed through the blue. On my palette I placed Yellow Ochre, Raw Sienna, Red Oxide, White, Raw Umber, Burnt Umber and Atelier Modelling Compound. I used either a dry flat brush or a palette knife to scrape the colours across the canvas to form the shapes and…

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