Painting Watercolors From Photographs The Easy Way

Name: Painting Watercolors From Photographs The Easy Way
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Turn your photographs into lively watercolor paintings. Create light and atmosphere in easy steps using a simple palette

Created byPatrick Ley-Greaves

Last updated 6/2018

English

What you'll learn

At the end of this course you will be able to paint more confidentially using photographs as your reference
You will have a better understanding of compostion
You will have the skills to use value and color to create the feeling of light in your work
You will understand the importance of using value sketches
By the end of the course you will understand the benefits of using a simple palette of colors

Course content

2 sections • 9 lectures • 1h 34m total length

Materials Checklist6:53
Explore a materials checklist for watercoloring from photographs, detailing paper, tape, brushes, a sketchbook, a sharp pencil, water containers, and a palette of two yellows, two blues, and two reds.

Looking At Our Subject4:25
Lesson 1 looks at the reference image we will be working from. I discuss how we are going to turn a dull looking photograph into a painting full of light.
Lesson 2 Value Sketch13:53
Completing a value sketch before painting is a useful way to establish the light and to plot the values. This will help you a lot with your painting.
Lesson 3 Final Drawing7:39
Translate a reference photo into a final watercolor drawing by blocking rough shapes, measuring lines, and adjusting the composition while planning shadows and tree details.
lesson 4 Painting The Sky1:59
start by painting the sky with a well-mixed wash, then soften edges around the trees before it dries; keep distant trees cooler and let clouds appear as happy accidents.
lesson 5 Painting The Barns and Grass11:15
Learn to paint a barn with watercolor by mixing burnt sienna and blue to mute tones, layering varied greens and yellows, and keeping soft edges for light, shadow, and texture.
lesson 6 Painting The Roof and Trees14:37
Mix cobalt blue with red to form a blue-gray for the roof, vary colors, and softly paint trees and blossoms to bring the scene to life.
Lesson 7 Painting The Darks and Shadows20:57
lesson 8 The Final Touches12:28
Finish your watercolor from a photo by adding final touches, adjusting darks and lights, and selective details like doors, bricks, grass, and shadows to bring the scene to life.

Requirements

My watercolour course is suitable for beginners and intermediate artists. You will need a set of primary colours (Red, Yellow and Blue) Ideally a warm and cool of each primary colour. Basic set of watercolour brushes.
You would benefit from a basic understanding of watercolor before taking my course.
The ability to draw simple shapes
Basic colour mixing skills

Description

My Class is designed to help you turn your uninspiring photographs into paintings to be proud of. I will demonstrate techniques that help you plan your painting to get maximum light and colour from dull photographs. This workshop is for beginners and intermediate painters, I encourage you to ask questions at any time throughout the lesson to enable you to get the most from this course.

Together we will produce a value sketch which will help you plot the shadows and create the values necessary to establish the feeling light in your work.

We then move onto the painting itself. A reference image is provided as a download for you to work from. We then paint step by step breaking the painting down into eight parts. This enables you to grasp every stage before moving onto the next lesson. If you are unable to understand any part of the instruction I encourage you to contact me. This gives me the opportunity to help you and clarify parts of the painting you may find challenging.

What Will You Learn

How to turn a dull scene into a painting full of light
How to paint loosely and confidently in watercolor
You will learn how to simplify shapes
How to use a simplified palette of colors to achieve colorful results
How to mix colors, keeping them fresh and bright
How to create a value sketch prior to painting

Who this course is for:

Anyone that wants to learn about watercolor
My course is perfect for those wanting to know how to get the best from a simple range of primary colours
For those artists wanting to know how to create light and the feeling of heat in their watercolors
For those that wish to learn how to mix clean, bright, fresh colours using a simple selection of watercolors
For those wishing to learn in a relaxed fun way

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