Watercolour Challenge 6 (Patreon)

Happy Tuesday everybody and welcome along to our new Patrons.

I'm so glad to see how much you enjoyed the first tree painting challenge last week. This week we are going to focus on the pine tree and see how we can place it in a landscape.

We are using plenty of water on this piece so, if you use a block of paper I recommend using that. If you have loose sheets, don't worry, just follow the steps in the video to tape down your sheet. Here is a more in depth blog post about 'stretching' paper. It is something I don't do a lot of and I'm just doing a home made version which does a good enough job, but if you are keen you can learn all about it here 

This is a private youtube link which only you sweet pea patrons have access to.

You will need

A range of brushes including your largest for the initial wash.

Colours: French Ultramarine, Burnt Sienna, Sap Green

A loose sheet of watercolour paper (cold pressed is my go-to) or a block. Some scrap paper too for practising.

jar of water

kitchen roll to blot the brush (particularly important in this challenge)

Pencil and eraser

low tac washi tape.

After/whilst watching the video...

1: On a piece of scrap practise painting a wet wash that doesn't puddle on the page: you will feel like you're not using enough water but resist the urge to pile on loads of water onto the page.

2: On that wash see how faint you can paint a pine tree and how simply you can achieve the shape. As the wash dries you will see how much your trees feather into the wet page and how long it takes for them to keep their definition.

3: Paint along with the video and see how you get on! This is one to keep trying until you get the balance of translucence just right!

I can't wait to see how you get on. 

Comment below with your findings, and if you are sharing your work on Instagram, use the #dwpcchallenge and tag me @dewintonpaperco.

Have a wonderful week.

Harriet

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