This free lesson covers using a limited palette of colors to create a sunlit village street scene. For free photos to use paintmyphoto.ning.com
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amazing this is truly a great piece. i would certainly frame this and hang it in my house.
i will most definitely apply some of these techniques to my work.
did you use a reference or did you make this up?
is this done on an easle…im trying to get good but still not great youve helped me a lot thanks
Hi Roy, Along with a strong talent/technique, you have a very simple and clear teaching method. Step by step your video shows the progression of a watercolor painting…beautiful! Thank you!
@Informant7 Glad you found it useful, BTW I can’t sing a note!!
Well spotted, yes I do tend to break ‘rules’. Even more so in my rough brush paintings!
That is interesting that you work from dark to light. I haven’t painted traditionally in years, but if i remember correctly i was taught work light to dark with watercolors.
Very nice contrast between the lighting in this image. Thats what i love about water colors, the dynamics in contrast are phenomenal.
Thanks so much, it is painted from a photo I took of a place called old leigh on sea near to where I live.
It was on a desk easel angled around 30 degrees. You can simply prop a board on some books to do the same
@debrat1964 Hey! Thanks-hope u have a great Christmas also.- Roy.
It looked like it was fun today, rarely do I watch a whole video, but I watched every second of yours and when I get more time, I will check out more of your work. From one artist to another, Merry Christmas and happy painting!
@debrat1964 Thanks! It was fun to do.
Thanks, that was great to watch. You are a good artist.
@ab4zz Probably took about an hour, thanks for your comment.
nice work , how long did it take to finish it ?
at the end it was amazing just to look how realistic in dimensions it was, it was wierd to see your hand moving like a Gods hand at street. One thing which annoys me while watching such tutorials like yours is that u only capture the paper, but what we’d like to see is the while working are, mixing the colors and preparing stuff.
what paper did you useed?
really usefully and hands on tutorial
Hey!
I think the most basic trick is to know which colors are adjustable later on and which are sensitive and work in according order. For this it helps to know which pigments are transparent (like hydrated chromium-oxide) and which are not so much (like cadmium yellow).
And most importantly do everything “together” so to say. Have the painting as a whole in your head before starting. This helps a lot in the kind of structured work that is necessary with aquarell.
Best wishes, hope I helped.
I have to say, water color painting has that atmospheric quality. The things is, it just seems that there are so many different variations of technique and prep that its hard to initially comprehend. anyone have any suggestions on how do get started with it? I have a understanding of color theory, but have always been intimidated by this medium.
@kayeosify I use 140 lb ‘not’ watercolor paper, it has a slight texture.
1 word of advice “light to dark”. With watercolor it is important to move around the painting an awful lot. lay in very general stuff with light washes in the beginning then progressively get darker… do some very simple stuff to start, like a tree or something untill you get used to it.
where will i get this dvd
@wsvarner I was working from a photo, I had made the drawing using my SimmTrace device.
Were you working of off of a photograph? Or did you paint from memory?
@y2kbuyusay this is a good discussion! It may interest you to see my latest ‘rough brush’ lesson, where I paint a whole landscape mostly using large decorating brushes. I use quite a limited range of colors. Checkout my ‘Taj Mahal’ painting which only uses utramarine blue and burnt umber. So many beginners tend to paint too light, you have to have dark areas to make light areas stand out.