Tip: Remember Timing is everything in watercolour painting. The next step will be to add the mountain. Take a look at this previous post on landscape painting where I explain it in more detail Did you know there a six possible value patterns that can apply to a painting that has a background midground and a foreground. The background of your painting may not always be the lightest part in which case it may make more sense to leave it till last. There can be exceptions to these rules of course. Tip: I angle my paper at about 25 degrees and paint with the downward flow of water from top to bottom and from the background to the foreground and from dark to light. Once this multi-coloured wash is completed I allowed it to dry completely.Īs usual, I’m working in a predictable order.
WINTER LANDSCAPE PAINTING EASY FREE
As long as the tonal values are correct it’s possible to be quite free and easy with colour choices. I chose a triad of Rose Madder, Ultramarine Blue and Cadmium Yellow.
I could have painted this whole scene in monochromatic shades of blue but I want to liven things up with a splash of colour. Occasionally dropping in a little Ultramarine in to the wet wash to give some variation to the sky. With a bamboo brush, I started painting from the top down with a loose wash of Cerulean Blue. Just enough information to give me the placement of the trees and mountain and snow drift in the foreground. I began with a very rough sketch of the scene. Step 1: Painting A Colourful Variegated Background Wash Below are my colour roughs for the paintings in this post. Colour Notes & Sketchesīefore beginning any painting, I recommend always painting a smaller version of it first with annotations to remind yourself of your thought processes and the colour mixes that you used. I’ve contrasted this colourful wash with shades of cool purple mixed from Prussian Blue, Alizarin Crimson and Paynes Grey.įor an in depth explanation of colour wheels, triads and colour theory in general please read this post. I’ve used a bright triad of Rose Madder, Cerulean Blue, and Cadmium Yellow together in a wash which completely covers the paper. This snowy mountain landscape scene literally has no white in it at all. They would prefer to leave areas of white paper untouched as it has more “Sparkle”. Some watercolour “Purists” would never dream of using white paint. It’s rare that you ever see anything that is purely white, or purely black for that matter. Please click here for a complete list of my recommended art supplies. Winsor & Newton Cotman 3/8″ Flat Brush Buy From AmazonĪrches Watercolor Paper Block, Cold Press, 9″ x 12″, 140 pound Buy from Amazon MiscĮasy release painters masking tape Buy from Amazon Rigger Brush ( For thin tree branches etc) Buy from Amazon Winsor & Newton No.6 Round Bamboo Brush (Great for grass and foliage) Buy from Amazon
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Mop Brush (Princeton Artist Brush Neptune, Series 4750, Quill Synthetic Squirrel, Size 4) Buy From Amazon Rose Madder: Winsor & Newton | Daniel Smithĭioxazine Purple: Winsor & Newton| Daniel Smith Brushesĭ a Vinci Paint Brush, Round Quill New Wave Synthetics, Size 2. Paynes Gray: Winsor & Newton | Daniel Smithīurnt Umber : Winsor & Newton | Daniel SmithĬadmium Yellow: Winsor & Newton | Daniel SmithĪlizarin Crimson: Winsor & Newton | Daniel Smith Prussian Blue: Winsor & Newton | Daniel Smith Ultramarine Blue: Winsor & Newton | Daniel Smith I’ve linked to where you can purchase the paints and the other art materials I used from Amazon.Ĭerulean Blue: Winsor & Newto n | Daniel Smith In these paintings I’m using a limited palette mostly from colours on the cool side of the colour wheel (No surprises there) but I also want to show you that it’s possible to introduce some subtle bright colour variations to add interest to your painting. In this post I’m going to look at two examples of how I paint icy winter landscape scenes in watercolour and walk you through them step by step.
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