Paint a circle that dips below the horizon line. Mix white and yellow on your palette to make a very light yellow color. Splatter your stars all over the sky area. To achieve this effect, you will need to slightly water down the white so that it is a smooth consistency. I used a toothbrush for this step! You can also use any brush to “flick” your stars. Paint this area so that it goes flat instead of curved. The brightest part of the sky is along the “horizon line”. The horizon line is about 2.5 inches from the bottom of the canvas. Paint this bright yellow to the horizon line. Then mix white into your yellow so that the yellow becomes very bright. Blend the yellow in the sky under the orange. Wipe off your brush and load it into yellow. Then blend the orange down so the magenta transitions to orange. To do this, mix about 3 parts yellow to 1 part magenta. Then mix yellow with quinacridone magenta so that it becomes an orange. Go to almost the halfway point of the canvas with this magenta. Blend that magenta into that lighter purple so the sky transitions to a magenta color. Load the tip of your brush with quinacridone magenta. Next wipe off your brush but do not rinse. Work the paint so that the dark purple blends to that lighter purple but keep the very top of the sky very dark. Work your way down the canvas with this lighter purple. Blend the white under the dioxazine purple so that it becomes a lighter purple. Next load the tip of your brush in titanium white. Tip: it may be helpful to draw your horizon line at 2.5″ from the bottom of the canvas so you know how far your sky will go down. Do curved strokes going the full width of the canvas. Paint the top three inches of your canvas with this purple. Use your 3/4″ Flat Wash Brush loaded in the color Dioxazine Purple.
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