Architecture and Landscapes in Watercolor

Compose the underpinning by pre-mixing color puddles and applying a wet-into-wet wash to establish sky, shadows, and atmospheric depth, while balancing hue, value, and intensity and preserving light areas.

Model the building in watercolor by layering shadows and planes with thin washes, using a limited palette to create luminous light through the white page via negative painting and contrast.

Learn the light-to-dark watercolor rule and how to layer background to foreground. Apply underpinning with cool and warm tones to render a donkey against architecture.