The aim of my site is to help beginners in watercolour ,
you can e mail me alanowen34@hotmail.com for extra help
try wetting your sky with clear water ,then adding the clouds and blue sky patches
this way you will find it easier to blend the clouds and sky ,leave a few hard edges here and there it helps
it is important to have the right tonal values ,any thing in the distance like trees ect seem to take on a blue cast
and become darker and clearer as they come in to the foreground
dont be frightened of adding darks especialy in the trees they can be very dark against the sky line
this way you will find it easier to blend the clouds and sky ,leave a few hard edges here and there it helps
it is important to have the right tonal values ,any thing in the distance like trees ect seem to take on a blue cast
and become darker and clearer as they come in to the foreground
dont be frightened of adding darks especialy in the trees they can be very dark against the sky line
it is best to use ready mixed washes , dont use paint straight from your pans
remember you can add to dried a wash if you keep it light dont make them to dark
here are two loose watercolours I will be adding more with wording to help you along the way
the sky in the village has a little pains grey in a patch of clean water
and then a touch of light red to give the warm patch you can see,
the path is a thin wash of burnt umber..remember ,burnt umber when used as a weak mix
(Plenty of water ) becomes a light tone ,and is usefull on a road that is catching the sunlight
and then a touch of light red to give the warm patch you can see,
the path is a thin wash of burnt umber..remember ,burnt umber when used as a weak mix
(Plenty of water ) becomes a light tone ,and is usefull on a road that is catching the sunlight
I have been rather busy lately sorry,I will update it more soon please do make use of the
watercolours
loose watercolours
the great English watercolour painter Edward Seago did many beautiful paintings ,he also did many loose
very simplistic looking ones not quite as easy to do as one may think .
very simplistic looking ones not quite as easy to do as one may think .
Here you see a scene with little content but plenty of greens ,most of my greens are a mix of winsor blue and cad yellow for the lighter shades ,the darker greens are the same blue winsor but with a dark colour of yellow in this case raw sienna ,raw sienna is very near an ochre look .use ochre if you have no raw sienna .also add a little burnt umber .burnt umber is a dark brown with warm look ,if you use burnt umber very weak (plenty water) it becomes a light tone .
here in the sky i add some umber please do not add to much jsut enough to make a light grey cloud
there are many windmills in norfolk and they make a lovely scene and are not to hard to draw and paint
try and keep your watercolour simple do not add to much detail especialy in the foreground .it will make your eyes ;
wander around the painting
wander around the painting
I try and add little explainations from time to time
here is a case of very little made to look ok by adding water, and making the background weaker a touch of cobalt blue adds to the effect of giving distance , things do get a little bluer as the go farther away
you may use my paintings to aid you in watecolour
using photographs is a good way to find a subject but do not stay strictly to the details you can move things around to get a more pleasing watercolour
here I have used a little burnt sienna on the roofs..the grey on the church was a mix of burnt umber and ultramrine blue
I have tried to show in this waterolour ,how little can be more ,a watercolour can be easily ruined by adding to much
.also try and not have to many centres of interest ,
.also try and not have to many centres of interest ,