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JOHN LOVETT BOOK FINAL CLEARANCE!
CHOOSE YOUR WORKSHOP • CHOOSE YOUR TUTOR • CHOOSE YOUR DESTINATION If you want to know how to create the textures and special
effects that will turn your watercolors into works of art,
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1. How to Paint Landscapes Landscapes this is the book that will help you do just that
CHOOSE YOUR WORKSHOP • CHOOSE YOUR TUTOR • CHOOSE YOUR DESTINATION It is a great way to come to grips with a number of basic techniques: 128 pages divided into 9 sections each crammed “
The first type of painting we will look at is the rural landscape.
It is a great way to come to grips with a number of basic techniques:
Blearn the WORKING PROCESS involved which is applicable to
y working your way through the demonstration painting, you will
Once you have worked your way through the demonstration painting,
What You of learning this working process. basically any painting. I have listed what you will work through as part full of demonstrations and step by step instructions
there are other techniques that you can work through in this section of
there are other techniques that you can work through in this section of
• How to do the Will Learn Once you have worked your way through the demonstration painting, on how to paint
SUPPLEMENTARY PROJECTS which are relevant to any
the book as SUPPLEMENTARY PROJECTS which are relevant to any
there are other techniques that you can work through in this section of
• How to use edge different types of washes • How to create convincing detail treatments painting you do. To understand the sequence of events and techniques involved, these next exercises painting painting • Landscapes • Boats & Water We’re like your neighbor’s
techniques involved,
techniques involved, these next exercises
The following demonstration takes you step-by-step through your basic watercolour working process.
The following demonstration takes you step-by-step through your basic watercolour working process.
Your Working Process The following demonstration takes you step-by-step through your basic watercolour working process.
will work towards producing this simple little landscape painting
The following demonstration takes you step-by-step through your basic watercolour working process.
How to use different types of washes, understand edge treatments, understand edge treatments, plan your painting treatments, Creating the landscape painting • Gradation from dark to light Soft-edged graded wash • Feathering/darkening of edges • Preserving white paper • Subject and definition – Buildin
The following points are a summary of what we will be doing:
• How to plan before
• Map out first marks
create convincing detail and learn how to plan your painting
will probably find yourself deviating and improving upon the
will probably find yourself deviating and improving upon the
hat we will look at are the various methods available to starting point; as you react to the progress of your painting, you • Work out major shapes Thumbnail sketches Thumbnail Sketches • Organise tonal values A good way to organize your tonal values and map • Using darks – pigment/water ratios Tree s
starting point; as you react to the progress of your painting, you
starting point; as you react to the progress of your painting, you
will probably find yourself deviating and improving upon the
If you are working in watercolour, it is important to decide
If you are working in watercolour, it is important to decide
initial plan.
three or four of these sketches allow you to shuffle
If you are working in watercolour, it is important to decide
usually be around your centre of interest, as your major tonal
exactly where areas of white paper must be preserved. This will
exactly where areas of white paper must be preserved. This will
exactly where areas of white paper must be preserved. This will
usually be around your centre of interest, as your major tonal
be the first marks you make after your initial drawing. They will
establish your colour and tonal arrangements and build the
Wquickly cover large areas of your painting. These should usually be around your centre of interest, as your major tonal Variegated wash • Consistent tone, colour Flat wash thumbnail sketch. About the size of a credit card, out where your first marks should go is with a simple • Clean, sharp edges •
established right from the start. Acrylic paint is a little more
contrast will be here. The location of the white areas must be
contrast will be here. The location of the white areas must be
forgiving, but it still helps to have fresh, confident areas laid
forgiving, but it still helps to have fresh, confident areas laid
areas will remain unchanged as finished areas of your painting.
underlying foundation for your painting. Sometimes these initial forgiving, but it still helps to have fresh, confident areas laid • Controlling movement to the • Variation and simplicity and texture things around to best create the feeling you are after. Use a soft pencil and break your subject up
contrast will be here. The location of the white areas must be
established right from the start. Acrylic paint is a little more
established right from the start. Acrylic paint is a little more
The important thing is to have a rough overall plan for your down right from the start. down right from the start. focal point tonal value. Use them as a starting point, and deviate as you see fit. We will use the second to completely shade in each area with a selected • Adding texture from the center
Sometimes these areas will be worked over and modified before
the painting is complete.
painting - a map of the major shapes if you like. This is just a sketch here as the basis for this painting. Wet the paper to wet your paper all over with clean water. Prop your board up so From the top down store. We’ll always welcome
the top is a couple of inches higher than the bottom. Use a clean
Now that you have thoroughly mixed your color, the next step is
20 These are all the colors you will need to complete this painting. particularly on the edges 1/2” bristle brush and start at the top, carefully working a bead of Reload your brush, then run another stroke across, just making
across the top with your 1” Flat brush fully loaded with paint.
contact with the bead on the bottom of your first stroke. Repeat
water down to the bottom. Make sure you don’t miss any paper,
While your paper is still wet, run a bead of your mixed Cobalt
Materials I chose this one this process, carefully covering one third of your paper.
1” flat brush ½” bristle brush 3” Hake brush Flat Wash It is important to TIP
A flat wash in watercolor is one of the most basic skills. We will use it here to produce
¼ sheet cold press paper taped to a backing board a smooth, even Cobalt sky. Our goal is to produce a flat area of consistent tone, color paper as you work your way down. completely cover the whole width of the and treat you like our best
you will find it easy to move on to graded and varied washes. things or you will end go back in and adjust Don’t be tempted to
and texture. This consistency is not often called for in a painting, as a wash with some
variation is usually more interesting. Occasionally though, a pure flat area provides an
interesting relief to more dynamic areas. Once you can produce a perfectly flat wash,
Thoroughly mix it up up with a patchy mess.
your paper. Use your 1” brush and mix thoroughly until all the
22 a pea and mix it with about a desert spoon full of water. Grading out Grading out Use masking tape to seal the edge of the paper. Use masking tape to seal the edge of the paper. Use masking tape to seal the edge of the paper. The only way to repair a wash All Goes Wrong? like this is to work back o
Squeeze out a lump of Cobalt Blue about half the size of
The aim is to have more than you will need to cover a third of
time for any undissolved pigment.
paint is completely dissolved. Check your brush from time to
into the damp paper. If need be, this bleeding out can be encouraged with your Hake
into the damp paper. If need be, this bleeding out can be encouraged with your Hake
on your brush. We don’t want a bead at the bottom of the final stroke. It can bleed out
but gently work the brush back brush and water. Don’t scrub, pigment. Use your soft, 1” flat entire wash and redissolve the entire wash and redissolve the brush and water. Don’t scrub, but gently work the brush back entire wash and redissolve the pigment. Use your soft, 1” flat
Once you reach the one third mark, make the last stroke with a little less paint loaded
Once you reach the one third mark, make the last stroke with a little less paint loaded
on your brush. We don’t want a bead at the bottom of the final stroke. It can bleed out
down into the clean damp paper.
the final edge to spread the pigment. Don’t work it back up into the wash; feather it
brush. Make sure the brush is clean and dry, then very gently and lightly feather it over
LISTS EVERYTHING brush. Make sure the brush is clean and dry, then very gently and lightly feather it over properly it will be an properly it will be an properly it will be an loosened, work your way evenly down from the top to re and forth over the entire wash. Once the pigment has been and fort
down into the clean damp paper.
the final edge to spread the pigment. Don’t work it back up into the wash; feather it
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