Figure 1: Seascape of row boats and sail boats at Pittwater, Sydney, Australia I have just finished a new watercolor (watercolour) painting demonstration for anyone who is a beginner watercolor artist interested in how to paint boats and inland water. Simple drawings and paintings of both row boats and sail boats are covered as well [...] → Continue Reading Watercolor seascape demonstration for beginner watercolor artists
Controlled Wet on Wet or Wet in Wet Technique As the paper dries, during the wet on wet technique, it will arrive at a point where it has lost its shine, now if at this stage you run the point of your brush across this damp section of paper you will see an interesting effect [...] → Continue Reading Controlled Wet on Wet or Wet in Wet Technique
Another major difference between the two is that a reflection usually contains a lot of color, mainly coming from the object that is being reflected e.g. the side of a boat. This reflected color will be influenced by the color of the water doing the reflecting. Figure 8: Reflections of boats and buildings showing color [...] → Continue Reading Color of shadows and reflections
More about painting shadows and reflections Figure 6: Shadow and reflection on wet sand See how the shadow is not very distinct, this is because it is on the wet sand, shadows on water are generally quite pale, if not unobservable (when they are observable my camera is not sensitive enough to record them), and [...] → Continue Reading Watercolor painting of shadows and reflections continued
Painting Shadows Cast shadows are away from the sun. Figure 3: Cast Shadow with sun behind object Figure 4: Shadow cast on house by tree and awning with sun from left In the picture below you can see both a shadow and a reflection. The reflection is towards the bottom of the image – hence [...] → Continue Reading How to paint shadows with watercolor
Atmospheric beach sunset: Watercolor painting of an sunset on a pebbly beach with figures and reflections.
Atmospheric beach sunset: Watercolor painting of an sunset on a pebbly beach with figures and reflections.
Rising Mist, San Diego Harbor : Demonstration of how to paint an early morning misty scene with boats, water, and reflections.
Venice Sunset: Demonstration watercolor painting of a dramatic Venetian sunset with iconic buildings such as the Santa Maria Della Salute church.
