Leisure Painter - UK (2019 - Summer)

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Watercolour

Demonstrationcontinued

round the corner, in the same way and

using the same colours as the last raw

umber house.

Step 10

1 Fill in the roof on this

building using fairly weak

burnt sienna. While this

dries, fill in the windows

in the usual manner as

before, going back to the

roof with a stronger mix

of burnt sienna for a few

uneven lines.

2 Add the all-important

shadow, which, this time, is

also put inside the window

frame, on the top and

down the left-hand side.

3 Add a weaker mix

of the shadow colour

underneath where the

ivy is going to go.

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Step 8

1 For the large building in the foreground, use

the No. 8 Round brush and fill in the roof with

well watered-down burnt sienna. At this stage,

don’t forget the roof of the porch and the

chimney is raw umber, which is a stronger

mix on one side and with more water added

on the other side.

2 Once the roof is dry, fill in the darker side

of the building with ultramarine blue and

a touch of light red.

3 For the lighter side, add well-watered Charles

Evans sand watercolour with a few touches of

yellow ochre dropped in while still wet.

4 While this side is drying, turn your attention

to the window. This is done, as before, but

using a slightly stronger mix.

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5 Fill in the

doorway of the

porch with a good

strong mix of

ultramarine blue

and burnt sienna.

6 And now it’s

shadow time

again! With the

same mix as

before, but slightly

stronger, paint

underneath the

roof and that all-important

diagonal line on the porch.

7 Add the building just behind, peeking

Step 9

1 It’s now time to paint the right-hand

side. Begin by concentrating on the furthest

away of the houses. Fill in the roof using

ultramarine blue and burnt sienna. Once

this is dry, add a few broken lines to intimate

tiles, using the same mix but stronger.

2 Paint the walls of the house and the

chimneys with raw umber, but make the

mix much weaker in the chimneys. Use the

same process and mix for the window as

before. Don’t forget to go back in and

add a few stones.

3 Use the No. 8 Round brush to paint

the foreground building. Pre-wet the

entire building and fill in with Charles Evans

sand. While this is still wet, drop on a few

touches of yellow ochre, light red and,

finally, ultramarine blue.

4 With a clean damp brush, stroke over

and merge the colours slightly.

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