Paint A Garden Path
Watercolor Painting Lesson
Learning Points
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A simple, basic watercolor painting technique easily creates a sense of detail without fuss.
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There are only a small handful of watercolor painting techniques. The secret to a professional look is to combine them. Doing so creates a visual richness and sophisticated look in your paintings.
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Impression of light is easily accomplished with contrasts of both temperature and value. Learn how to do both in this lesson.
What You’ll Need
RECOMMENDED PAPER : preferably Arches or Saunders 140lb Cold Press cut to about 7″ x 11″ or so
BRUSHES : 1 1/2″ Flat, Medium Round, Small Round, and a Rigger
PAINT : Permanent Alizarin Crimson, Raw Sienna, Burnt Sienna, Winsor Ultramarine Blue , Cobalt Blue, Aureolian or Lemon Yellow, Cadmium Yellow
Paint this beautiful garden scene while learning how to get a great sense of light and to create illusion of detail with texture.
The subject of this lesson is a complex scene. There are several different subject areas that need to be painted with care to create a unified work.
Complex scenes are still just arrangements of shapes and can still be approached with a slower and more methodical approach. Simplification of the scene and using consistent approach with technique helps.
The painting uses the full range of watercolor technique – especially rough brush technique. Learn to use this technique to create rich texture without being ‘fussy’.
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Set Up To Paint
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Painting Intro
Overview of the drawing layout and the approach we'll take to the painting. Use every watercolor technique to create light and texture in the scene.
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Paint & Brushes
Review the paint and brushes used in this painting. Brushes – 1 1/2″ Flat, Medium Round, Small Round, and a Rigger. Colors – Permanent Alizarin Crimson, Raw Sienna, Burnt Sienna, Winsor Ultramarine Blue , Cobalt Blue, Aureolian or Lemon Yellow, Cadmium Yellow
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Lets Paint!
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Step 1 : initial Color Layers For Gardens & Background
Lay in the initial washes for the background area and color for the gardens.
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Step 1b: Check Color In The First Washes
It’s really important to have strong color in the initial washes. These are the places where the bright color from the gardens needs to sing. Check it and adjust in this step if need be.
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Step 2 : Add Texture And Value
Start building the sense of light and the textural quality of a lush garden with rough brush technique.
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Step 3: Add Texture, Value & Refinement
This last step includes a lot of work to build up texture and the sense of light. Also add refinements that finish off the painting.
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