International Artist – August-September 2019

Watercolour Demonstration

Reference Photo

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Paper
» Watercolor sketchbook from
arches, 22 x 30 inches
(51 x 36 cm)
» 300 grams of rough
watercolor paper
» Chinese production “Baohong”
300 grams of rough grain
watercolor (40 x 30cm)
» “Rubens” 1000 grams of rough
grain watercolor paper

Watercolors
» Burnt umber
» Deep cobalt blue
» Hook dark green
» Indigo

» Khaki

» Light phthalo blue

» Olive green

» Orange

» Permanent green

» Permanent lemon yellow

» Permanent light red

» Permanent orange

» Permanent purple blue

» Permanent violet

» Permanent yellow-green

» Phthalo blue

» Reddle

» Rose red

» Sap green

» Sepia

» Ultramarine

» Van Dyke brown

» Vermilion

Tools

» Jinni (10th and 15th)

» Da Vinci enamel brush

» Huahong (Nos. 5, 6)

» China’s gold mud (Nos. 1 and 3)

» hook line pen (Long Feng Lang)

» fan-shaped pen (Korean

HuaHong No. 4)

» oil painting scraper

» square head nylon pen

Other supplies

» drawing board

» water tape

» masking tape

» watering can

» palette

» pen holder

» towel

» wet tissue

» dry tissue

My Art in the Making Streets of Milan

STAGE 1 DRAWING THE COMPOSITION
First draw the composition with a pencil, paying attention to the
shape and the proportional relationships between the sky, the
building, the ground and the trees. Differing heights and depths
should be distinguished from one another, and the occlusion method
should be used to differentiate the near and far levels of the painting
for ease of adding colors afterward. The street light in front is very
important as it helps to divide and apportion the picture. In addition,
we must pay attention to the perspective.

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WHAT THE ARTIST USED