![]() ![]() FWIW, here’s the paints from American Journey & DaVinci that are normally on my palette: Hansa Yellow (PY97), Gamboge (PY3 &PY42), Raw Sienna (PBr7), Cadmium Orange (PO20), Burnt Sienna (PBr7 & PR101), Cadmium Scarlet (PT108), Quinacridone Rose (PV19), Permanent Magenta (PV19 & PB29), Ultramarine Blue (PB29), Phthalo Blue GS (PB15:3), Manganese Blue (PB33 & PB15), Andrew’s Turquoise (PB 36, PG7 & PW6), Phthalo Green (PG7), Skip’s Green (PY3, PG7), and Indigo as a darkening neutral. Paint: Use yourestablished palette with watercolors in transparent, opaque and staining paints (important to have transparent, opaque and staining paints for maximum colorful effects). Painting large is part of the learning experience! Artist grade watercolor paper may be the single most important element in successful watercolor painting, so don’t economize here unless it’s essential.ĭ. Watercolor Paper: Recommended is artist grade, 100% cotton, minimum 140 lb, watercolor paper (cold press surface suggested) enough to execute paintings for the tutorial on quarter (15’ X 11”) or half-sheet sizes (22” X 15”). Sketch Book: 8.5” X 11”, 70 lb sketch paper, spiral bound in order to lie flat.ī. Required Materials: Use whatever you are used to, but here are some suggestions, if needed:Ī. Don’t despair: what we do here will help you become a painter of house portraits, if that’s your goal! And we will cover building vignettes, windows and how to enliven your painted buildings! These are all well and good, but, our focus will be on painting buildings and other structures in a personal, painterly way, i.e., loosely and colorfully. We aren’t going to spend much time exploring how to faithfully capture rusty metal siding, brick or stone masonry, 6 over 6 windows, or how to do believable house portraits. Painting Loosely and Colorfully: This is not a course in photorealism or even architectural rendering. Our goal is to make the tutorial both a useful learning experience, as well as an enjoyable one. ![]() Using the Homework Thread, however, we will be able to discuss any and all painting issues you wish to raise. If you are an early beginner, you are welcome, but I will spend most of the Tutorial Thread on principles of drawing and painting buildings in the landscape, rather than an introduction to paint and equipment. Level of painting experience: I’m aiming the instruction at advanced beginners and intermediate painters, who already have some understanding and consistency in mixing and applying watercolor paints in landscape paintings. There are ways to simplify and personalize the use of buildings, which is our goal in this class. Thus, it’s important to learn how to compose, draw and paint buildings and other structures. The combination of natural objects with geometrical objects often creates some of the most striking and memorable landscape paintings. Why A Class on Buildings & Other Structures: Buildings and other structures are common landscape objects, found sometimes as secondary elements and often as primary or dominant elements in a given landscape setting. Putting It All Together: Synthesis & application of the selected fundamentals and approaches in paintings using varied landscape & urban settings Various Approaches: Awareness & understanding of options for composing & painting buildings in the landscape in loose and colorful ways, including the options for illumination, shade, shadows and reflections. Next week, we’ll begin the first week’s lesson, so here’s the learning objectives for the tutorial:įamiliarization with selected fundamentals for drawing & painting buildings, structures and geometric objects in landscape paintings. Since this is the introduction to the tutorial, we’ll begin with some general information about the tutorial. Introduction Tutorial Learning Objectives: Welcome to this tutorial on painting buildings and other structures in a loose and colorful way. Painting Buildings in the Landscape in Loose and Colorful WayĮxploring buildings in landscape paintings for advanced beginning & intermediate painters
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