Watercolor Artist - USA (2019-02)

22 Watercolor artist | FEBRUARY 2019

Step 1

After drawing the composition using a 4B pencil, I use diluted

yellow to apply an initial wash for the middle of the street. I then

surround it with slightly darker values of warmer, muted colors

comprised of alizarin crimson, cobalt blue and burnt sienna.

Step 2

As the initial wash dries, I quickly add even darker

values of grays—comprised of burnt umber and

French ultramarine—on both sides of the street.

Step 3

I paint the sky and upper part of the buildings using

light tones of warm yellow ochre and alizarin crimson,

keeping colors blended here and there, but clean.

Step 4

I place cobalt turquoise above the buildings on the

left side to cool the color temperature slightly.

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