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Watercolour Challenge 261: Winter Steam Train Part 1 of 3 (Patreon)

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2025-11-05 09:00:05
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2026-10
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Hi everyone, this steam train was requested a few times on Patreon and I've never managed to fit it in...until now! This is a 3 part project to go from Autumn into Winter, today we are drawing the piece.

You will need:

Cold pressed watercolour paper 8x6 inches

hb pencil

hard and soft erasers

set square

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Watercolour Challenge 261

Comments

Jenny

Fantastic! Thanks for explaining how to draw it ; this is one of the things I love about your tutorials.My husband is a retired train driver and loves trains. I’m hoping that the finished result of this challenge will be his Christmas present. I have plenty of time to practise between now and then. Many, many thanks.

Carina 🌸

I find this challenge so beautiful! The illustration is fantastic and the colours are really delicate! Thank you so much Harriet.

Jessica

Fantastic sketching for your first time drawing a train! 🙌🏻 I love how you teach in such an empowering way by normalizing the process of stretching outside our comfort zones and trying new things. The perspective lesson on how to draw the train in a curve was also especially helpful! Can’t wait to give it a try.

Michelle W.

I'm extremely intrigued about what type of steam engine that is! I've never seen one with such a small compartment for the engineer; or the compartment part of the passenger car. Off to google English steam engines! LOL! (my father-in-law was a train engineer with the Southern Pacific RR for 44 years).

Erin Berlin

My boss is a maaaajor train enthusiast (waaay into the Santa Fe line), which is why I will never paint him a train. I'm afraid he d nitpick my creative details to death. I love this train and am soooo excited to paint it .

Erin Berlin

I absolutely fell in love with this train when you first shared it and I am sooo looking forward to carving some time into my schedule this week to start this

Michelle W.

One of my first jobs, while in college here in northern Nevada, was working for Santa Fe Pacific Mining, a subsidiary of the railroad.

Caterina B

Love the limited pallete on this, and the "fun factor" with painting this gorgeous illustration 👌

Lai Kum Leong

Thanks Harriet. Amazing to see how train takes shape. Will draw it.

de Winton Paper co.

Cool! Think of this tutorial more about teaching painting techniques than accurate train paraphernalia! You’ll then be able to draw a much more accurate one yourself!

Rosezi

This looks fun, I have a wee obsession with steam trains. Hope to get stuck in later today.

de Winton Paper co.

This train is powered by the joy of Christmas 😂, you can put one in! I’m not a train specialist!