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Old brick house and window watercolor painting – 7 x 11 inches

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Old brick house and window watercolor painting

Old brick house and window watercolor painting

This is a small watercolor painting of an old brick house and a window surrounded by green plants.  The painting is approximately 7 x 11 inches and is painted on cold press watercolor paper.   A blue green wash compose of Ultramarine Blue and Windsor Green watercolor paint is applied on where the plant is going to be.  Then the leaves are painted in a darker watercolor tone.   After the layers are dry, a thin wash of Burnt Sienna watercolor  is used for the wall color behind the plant.  Left wall is being painted with several watercolor washes along side several watercolor washes for the plant.   The right side showing the thin watercolor washes in contrast with the left.   Part of the window frame and the brick window sill is also being painted in several watercolor layers using the wet in wet as well as the dry brush technique for watercolor texture.

Daily watercolor – Landscape watercolor painting – fog – Underpainting study

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Watercolor landscape painting - fog -

Watercolor landscape painting - fog -

After the underpainting with Burnt Umber has been dry, watercolor pigment was layer on top.  Started with background which is done wet into wet because a foggy mood need to be created.  Layers of wet in wet watercolor is applied in the background and water foreground.  One layer after another when the previous one is completely dry.  Then the middle ground is painted with watercolor pigment on top of the Burnt Umber underpainting.  Many layers of the pigment is applied in watercolor wash as well as using the dry brush technique.  Winsor Green and Ultramarine Blue in the Winsor and Newton watercolor paint is used in mixing with Burnt Umber.  The bright yellow is Yellow Ochre mixted with some orange pigment.

Daily watercolor – Abstract Lanscape watercolor painting – Watercolor and Ink outline

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Abstract Landscape 15 x 22 inches watercolor painting with ink outline

Abstract Landscape 15 x 22 inches watercolor painting with ink outline

This is the finished abstract landscape watercolor painting.  It is painted on 15 x 22 inches Arches cold press watercolor paper.  More ink outline is drawn into the distance hills as I feel more texture is necessary to complete the overall feel of the painting.  The ink outline was done using a permanent marker and I have been using the Ultra Fine Point Sharpie.   I wonder if this is a good technique for stil life.  When I do the outline after the water color wash has been lay down, I have to be careful not to over do it and also the flow and shape of the overall design.  It is a good idea to do an area with the ink outline and place it on an art easel to view it for a period of time before you decide to do more.  Once it is applied, there is no way to erase the permanent black lines.

Watercolor Painting Daily – Landscape Painting

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Landscape Watercolor Painting

Continue with this landscape watercolor painting last night doing the rocks and trees.  It is lots of fun doing this kind of watercolor painting makes me slow down and learn several different aspects in watercolor.  One thing I learn from this exercise is to take my time in my painting.  Doing a painting quick sometimes has opposite efficts and because watercolor painting is to leave blank the areas you want to have less watercolor paint, planning is very important.  Good planning in sketching and the value before I apply the color is as important as applying the color on the watercolor paper.  Patients is also necessary to let the watercolor paint to dry between layers.  I also learn the amount of water in my brush is very important as well.  It affects the intensity of the watercolor as well as the saturation of the watercolor paint.  Also keep a clean wash bucket of water is just as important and I learn not to be lazy and change water often.

Daily Watercolor Painting Blog – Landscape

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Daily Watercolor - Landscape 10 x 15 inches

I have painted the right side of the landscape painting I started about a week ago.  The watercolor I used was Burnt Sienna and Yellow Ochre for the rocks.  When I paint, I like to leave the painting without looking at it for a few days and with a fresh eyes I look at it again trying to find something I need to correct to make it better.  After I completed this painting in the next day I shall leave it and come back to it in antoher time and I ma sure there are areas that I would like to make changes to.

Daily Watercolor Painting Blog – Landscape

Landscape Watercolor Painting - 10 x 20 inches

This is  a 10 x 20 inches watercolor painting on Strathmore 140 lb watercolor paper.  Strathmore paper is made in the US by Strathmore Artist Paper in MN and they have an artist enewsletter you can sign up under the Artist Newsletter column in their web site………..  www.strathmoreartist.com

Last night I have made a sketch plan on the larger 10 x 20 inches watercolor paper and started the watercolor painting by splattering on the top sky section and two of the trees.   With a mixture of Winsor and Newton Ultramarine Blue and Alizarin Crimson, the sky was painted in layers of the different color mixture while other areas are protected.  Several layers of watercolor paint was splatter onto the paper while each layer is completely dry.

Landscape Watercolor Painting

Landscape watercolor painting

Last night I have finished the landscape watercolor painting.  The study although it was not big, only 10 x 15 inches, it gives me a lot of fun and I like doing more using the splattering technique.  I like to try my hand on water mixable oil like the ones by Winsor and Newton and see how I like it.  Anyone with experience with transition from Watercolor to Water Mixable Oil?  Comments will be most welcome.

Watercolor Painting – Landscape

Landscape Watercolor Painting

This little study of landscape watercolor teaches me a lot about values and value sketch.  I should have done a value sketch before I start doing this study becasue different value is placed next to each other with the same subject matter of either grass or tree.  If the value of these side by side objects are the same, the viewer would not tell a difference between them.  Most important is light and shadow which creates a great difference in value in between them.  This by the way is a 10 x 15 watercolor study on cold press watercolor paper.

I would like also to mention two more artist supply where materials can be purchased if you are looking for artist supplies in  Canada.  They are Currys Art Stores in the east coast of Canada and Opus Framing and Art Supplies serving the west coast of Canada.  Both has excellent mail order divison where you can order your supplies on line.

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