TATE Collection II: Cézanne Oil

Using a palette knife mix a neutral grey/blue using French Ultramarine, Burnt Umber and Titanium White. With a small brush, map out the position of key marks and shapes using a fragmented brush mark.

Mix a slightly brighter blue using less Burnt Umber and begin to add a second tone considering the position and direction of the brush mark. Create a sequence of marks throughout your painting, some heavy some light.

Mix a more violet grey by adding some Cadmium Red Deep Hue similar to the one in Cézanne's painting and begin to suggest some of the volume of shapes. Work all over the painting and try not to finish one bit.

Using Titanium White make an arrangement of shapes and gestural lines.

Now create a deeper grey green by adding a small amount of Viridian Hue and French Ultramarine and start to suggest some of the deeper tones. Mix a lighter silvery tone with Titanium White and a little French Ultramarine.

Now introduce a warmer, brighter yellow and orange, using Yellow Ochre and Burnt Umber with a little Titanium White. You will start to create an exciting sense of warm and cool.

Add in warmer and brighter colours, looking carefully at Cézanne's painting to consider the saturation and temperatures of each colour. Break your marks up and continue to make marks and shapes with the paint.

Develop your painting by adding more colours and varying the tonality and hues of a colour by adding complementary colours and white. Add more and more patches of colour, while allowing the white of your paper to show through.