Watercolour Challenge 10 (Patreon)

Happy Tuesday everybody, I hope you are managing to make some time for yourself where possible and  finding joy in the small things.

A huge and warm welcome to our new Patrons! If this is your first watercolour challenge then I sincerely recommend going back through the previous challenges to get yourself up to speed and see how this all works. All the while you can access all the tutorials on my youtube channel if you would like to go through some watercolour for beginners basics or brush up on other skills.

As promised, this week we are starting on our house painting journey. I will be referring to 'house painting' even though there will be buildings of all sorts featured.

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 of your choosing.

Watercolour paper (cold pressed is my go-to).

jar of water

kitchen roll to blot the brush.

Putty Rubber

Pencil and Set square (a rule is pretty good but it's really useful to have a right angle for this)

After watching the video...(if you can watch it on a screen larger than a phone that will improve the viewing experience as there is quite a bit of pencil drawing at the start)

The first thing I will say is this is the most UN-PRECIOUS (is that even a word?) project this week. The painting is a bit messy, the lines are a bit wobbly. The whole point is we are starting rough when it comes to the painting so that we can focus on getting the idea of perspective clear in our minds. 

Hence why my fingers are covered in green paint from the start...

In the weeks to come we will be creating beautiful, finessed buildings, but first we must make a mess!

Follow the perspective pencil drawing guidance and draw yourself three buildings of your choice. 

Do a dilute wash of colour over each building. Allow to dry.

Play around with layering up a more concentrated colour for some simple building details. Have fun with mark making and don't fret, we will be going into detail with all sorts of architectural detail over the coming weeks but you never know, you might make a wonderful discovery by playing about this week.

Once dry, follow the video's two steps on basic shadowing: first with a clean wet small brush, softening down the concentrated colour already on the piece and then with a larger brush, some shadow mix (A mix of any blue and brown you have to hand will do this week). Throw caution to the wind and enjoy sweeping a large brush of dark colour over your work. Once it has dried you might even be pleasantly surprised!

Use #dwpcchallenge and tag me @dewintonpaperco. And please do have a look at everyone else's interpretations of the brief (search the hashtag and you will see all the patreon insta posts from everyone in here) and celebrate each other's work. We learn from seeing how others interpret a single brief so a community encourages progres

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

xxx