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Daily watercolor – Flower close up #3 – 11×15 inches flower watercolor painting

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Flower close up watercolor painting

Flower close up watercolor painting

The flower cloer up watercolor painting is done using layers of watercolor painting on top of each other when one layer is completely dry.  A variety of pigment is used and gradated wash and wet is wet technique is used through out the painting.  I will leave it for a few days and look at it from a distance before I make any final changes.  I can see that there are shadow details that I can add to create a receeding background and give it more contrast in some areas.  This painting is done on Arches 11×15 inches cold press watercolor paper.

Daily Watercolor – Flower Close-up #3 – 11×15 inches flower watercolor painting

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Flower close up watercolor painting

Flower close up watercolor painting

This is a 11 x 15 inches watercolor painting of a close up of a flower.  Fisst a sketch was made on Arches cold press watercolor paper from a photograph.  Then watercolor paint was applied from the top left hand corner towards the lower right hand corner of the watercolor paper.  Each time the area was completely dried before the next are is painted.  Wet in wet technique as well as gradated wash is used.  Care is taken to not go over the wet area with too much water and watercolor pigment to create a run back.  I am experimenting the use of Paynes Grey to darker the shades and found that it creates very interesting blacks and if not too much is used, it would not turn the initial pigment into muddy color.

Landscape watercolor painting with ink outline – BC watercolor landscape – 15 x 22 inches

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Landscape painting with ink outline - BC watercolor landscape

Landscape painting with ink outline - BC watercolor landscape

This is the final watercolor landscape painting I did of the Brithish Columbia landscape.   I have lifted the color off the light house to achieve the much lighter value that it should have.  Other colors are added and lifted as well.  What I like about the ink outline is that the shpaes of the landscape element are more well defined.  Watercolor pigments are added within a hard edge which gives sharpness and well define edges although gradated wash is used in many of the larger shapes.  When outlining a watercolor painting, always keep in mind of the over all shape of the subject.  Also it will train the eyes to look for large shapes and how it’s placement within the landscape.

Landscape watercolor painting – Daily Watercolor – Watercolor with ink outline

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Ink outline watercolor landscape painting

Ink outline watercolor landscape painting

This is the progress of the watercolor landscape painting of British Columbia coast line I have started.  I have started with a under painting and then various watercolor pigment was added on top in layers.  Now it is the addition of ink outline.  I have used a Sharpie Permanent Marker to do the outline of the landscape watercolor painting.  I love this step because it defines the shape of the landscape in the watercolor painting.  The ink outline  is freely drawn with often reference to the photograph I took of the landscape scene.  Next step to this watercolor painting is to add more layers with watercolor pigment within the boundaries of the ink outline to create a more interesting and colorful watercolor painting.

Daily Watercolor Painting – Landscape 01 – 15 x 22 inches landsape watercolor painting

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Landscape 01 - 15 x 22 inches watercolor painting

Landscape 01 - 15 x 22 inches watercolor painting

I have started another landscape watercolor painting on a 11 x15 inches Arches cold press watercolor paper.  I made a sketch with lead pencil and then put on a backgournd layer as an underpainting.  This time I choose to use a different pigment other than Burnt Umber and I have to choose Cerulean Blue.  I also use a large brush for this exercise.  At this stage, all I concern is to fill in all the large shapes with their appropiate value using Cerulean Blue.  It was a fast but very focus exercise becasue I need to charge the paper with the right amount of paint and water before it dries out on me.  Control is very important at this stage and in the application of the underpainting.

Daily Watercolor Painting – Island Mist – 15 x 22 inches landscape watercolor

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Landscape Watercolor painting - Final - 15 x 22 inches - Island Mist

Landscape Watercolor painting - Final - 15 x 22 inches - Island Mist

This is the finished landscape watercolor painting and is called the Island Mist.  It is based on a photo I took during my trip to Mayne Island on board of the BC Ferry.  Mayne Island is an island in British Columbia between Vancouver and Victoria Island.  This landscape watercolor painting is done on a 15 x 22 inches ( half sheet ) cold press watercolor paper using Winsor and Newton Artist watercolor.  A background tonal study using Burnt Umber is put on initially and then the variious watercolor pigments was applied in layers.  See my previous post for the Burnt Umber under painting.  The colors I used for this painting mostly consists of Ultramarine Blue, Winsor Green, Burnt Umber and Alizarin Crimson.  Basic watercolor wash as well as dry brush technique is used as well as splattering and salt effect.

Daily watercolor – Landscape watercolor painting – fog – underpainting study

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Landscape painting - fog - 15 x 22 inches

Landscape painting - fog - 15 x 22 inches

More watercolor pigments have been applied to the middle ground of the landscpe watercolor painting.  Doing the underpainting with Burnt Umber makes me think about the tonal scale and value of the painting instead of color.  Watercolor pigments are added later during the progress of the watercolor painting.  It would be another one or two sessions before the painting is finished and from this point on, details will be added with the overall mood of the painting in mind.  This is the time where artistic licence is used to alter the scene to suit the atmosphere and color.  The orginal photo is for reference only and more can be added on or left out to enhance the finished watercolor painting.

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.