Short Class Video Class Tutorial Initial Drawing The drawing is just a few pencil lines for the main objects. This is on 140 lb or 300 gsm Watercolour paper. Paint the Sky Very roughly wash in the blue underpainting for the sky. Ground Underpainting Use Burnt Sienna...
Short Class Video Class Tutorial Drawing the background For a darkish background take a Burnt Sienna soft pastel and stroke it over the top portion of the background. Then take a red pastel and do the same over the previous color. Lastly stroke a dark...
Short Class Video Class Tutorial Paint the background In order for the owl to stand out, mix a very dark green from Viridian and Burnt Sienna and carefully paint around the outline of the image. Make it slightly lighter near the top for interest. Paint the eyes...
Short Class Video Class Tutorial In this tutorial we will paint an olive grove. Initial Sketch I start off with black paint and a bristle brush and lightly sketch out the scene onto my canvas. In order to get some extra drama into the painting I exaggerate the...
Class Tutorial Paint the sky The sky is very murky in this painting so make a fairly strong mix of Ultramarine Blue and a touch of Cadmium Red. Paint in the areas where there are no clouds. With some very light Yellow Ochre start blocking in the...