Watercolour Challenge 160: Painting and drawing simple buildings (Patreon)

Hi everyone, we're onto a new challenge: drawing and painting beautiful buildings in a simplistic, picture book style. We're starting with the Collosseum...yes, that's right, no biggie! But in all seriousness, I wanted to show you how we simplify such an iconic building to give you confidence to try this style of painting on other well known landmarks. 

I've attached the reference photo I used.

As always, if you want some help with the drawing, just wait until the pencil drawing is complete then pause and screenshot the screen and there is your line drawing guide.

You will need:

A5 watercolour cold pressed paper

HB pencil

eraser

ruler/set square

Colours I used: shadows and earthy tones - Moonglow, Paynes Grey, Burnt Sienna, Yellow Ochre, Buff Titanium, Cadmium Red, Cadmium Orange

Brushes I used size 2, 0 , 2/0, 4/0 pointed round

Watch the video through and then have a go at the Collosseum and just see how much you can simplify the detail. I can't wait to see your paintings on Discord and Instagram! Don't forget to tag me and use the hashtag #dwpcchallenge