In the process of my painting, I used 5 techniques:

– scumbling

-lining

– highlights and shadows

-texturing

– spattering

1. Scumbling

This is a technique to create the background/bottom layer of the brick wall; we used three colors: brown, red and yellow. By using scumbling, I can create a more realistic wall because the colours are distributed evenly and naturally, so that each brick looks different.

2. Lining

Lining is a technique to line out the basic shape of the brick wall. We used some straps of wood to measure the distribution of the bricks, so that the bricks are similar in size

3. Highlights and shadows

It creates a 3-dimensional view of the brick wall. We chose a direction the light source is coming from; we used this as the reference and drew the  highlights and shadows.

4. Texturing

Not only the borders of the brick has to have lights and shadows, the  brick also needs shadows. Texturing uses dark paint mixed with water to create a thin layer of shadow. By texturing the bricks, the wall now looks more realistic

5. Spattering

Spattering gives the brick wall more diverse elements, the light colors contrasts with the dark paint wall, creating a richer scene.