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Quiet
5" x 7" watercolor painting
by Karen A. Cooke
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Using this type of technique will help beginners understand the strength of color when water is added and how much water to use. This technique also helps with learning how to layer the paint to achieve color.
Supplies Needed:
Watercolor paper (type and size of your choice) - I used a 5" x 7" piece
Masking tape
Watercolor board
Brushes: round (size of your choice based on the size of your paper)
Paint:
- Paynes Gray
Painting Instructions:
The only pencil line I used on this painting was the one for the horizon. This helped keep me focused on the horizon and allowed me to keep the waterline/treeline consistent across the page.
This painting was painted quickly wet on wet.
Sky:
Wet the sky area all the way down to the waterline. Using a very pale wash of Paynes Gray, paint in areas of the sky. Do not paint the entire sky, leave wide spaces of unpainted area.
Trees:
The trees are painted first with a pale wash of Paynes Gray, slightly deeper than the sky. Paint the background trees from their tops down to the treeline. While still damp, add in some deeper shades of Paynes Gray to indicate trees closer to the front. Continue adding trees and painting deeper shades of Paynes Gray to the waterline. Allow to dry.
Water/Reflection:
The only pencil line I used on this painting was the one for the horizon. This helped keep me focused on the horizon and allowed me to keep the waterline/treeline consistent across the page.
This painting was painted quickly wet on wet.
Sky:
Wet the sky area all the way down to the waterline. Using a very pale wash of Paynes Gray, paint in areas of the sky. Do not paint the entire sky, leave wide spaces of unpainted area.
Trees:
The trees are painted first with a pale wash of Paynes Gray, slightly deeper than the sky. Paint the background trees from their tops down to the treeline. While still damp, add in some deeper shades of Paynes Gray to indicate trees closer to the front. Continue adding trees and painting deeper shades of Paynes Gray to the waterline. Allow to dry.
Water/Reflection:
The reflection is painted using the same method used in the trees. If you feel more comfortable, rotate your paper and paint in the "normal" direction rather than painting "upside down." Allow these trees to be "wavy" to indicate the reflection in the water. Allow to dry.
The water toward the front of the painting was painted in the same method as the sky. This painting is basically a mirror image from the treeline to the sky and the treeline into the water.
Finishing touches:
Using a liner brush, add a few trucks/branches in several locations. Refer to the photo above.
Congratulations!
Happy Painting!
Karen
The water toward the front of the painting was painted in the same method as the sky. This painting is basically a mirror image from the treeline to the sky and the treeline into the water.
Finishing touches:
Using a liner brush, add a few trucks/branches in several locations. Refer to the photo above.
Congratulations!
Happy Painting!
Karen
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