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How to Paint a Castle in Watercolor & Pastel
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How to Paint a Castle in Watercolor & Pastel

Learn How To Paint a Stunning Castle with Watercolor then Enhance the Picture using Pastel Pencils !
Created byColin Bradley School of Art
Last updated 2/2019
English

What you'll learn

  • Have a completed a Painting of Scotney Castle - a famous Castle in Kent, England
  • Apply new watercolor techniques to their own work
  • Understand building colours and layers with watercolor
  • Understand how to paint skies, trees, foliage, water and buildings with detail
  • Understand how to apply pastel pencils on top of Watercolor

Course content

6 sections • 28 lectures • 7h 24m total length

  • Introduction1:21

    In this video I explain what to expect from this course. To learn about the materials I use for watercolour pictures please see the next lecture "Getting Started".

  • Getting Started - Materials14:51

    This is the set up for all my watercolour work. Most people have their own way of working and choice of watercolour products. But it might be helpful to see my setup in case it gives you ideas you can follow. Here are most of the tools I use but I am also a great one for improvising. I also use a variety of old worn brushes as well a very fine brushes such as 0, 00 and even 000 from time to time. I love detail as you will see as we proceed with the course. The photograph in the resources shows the items I am going to be using in the project.

    (See photograph in resources section of this lecture)

    1. 300gsm smooth watercolour paper (we do sell this on our own store if you are having trouble finding some)

    2. Hardboard backing board

    3. Roller measure

    4. Straight edge measure

    5. Kitchen roll

    6. Metal water container

    7. Brown sticking tape

    8. Pencil sharpener

    9. A selection of watercolour brushes

    10. Graphite pencils – HB, F and B.

    11. Winsor and Newton Cotman watercolour pans and palette (24 colours used and listed below)

    Colours in the set I use:

    327 - Intense Blue

    090 - Cadmium Orange Hue

    103 - Cadmium Red Pale Hue

    696 - Viridian Hue

    098 - Cadmium Red Deep Hue

    362 - Light Red

    150 - Chinese White

    003 - Alizarin Crimson Hue

    331 - Ivory Black

    119 - Cadmium Yellow Pale Hue

    346 - Lemon Yellow Hue

    599 - Sap Green

    744 - Yellow Ochre

    544 - Purple Lake

    552 - Raw Sienna

    139 - Cerulean Blue Hue

    660 - Ultramarine

    178 - Cobalt Blue

    076 - Burnt Umber

    095 - Cadium Red Hue

    109 - Cadmium Yellow Hue

    465 - Payne’s Grey

    074 - Burnt Sienna

    554 - Raw Umber

    I should also mention that in the final part of this project we use pastel pencils to enhance the picture. You will see me discuss these materials when we get to that section. The pencils that I choose to use are the Faber-Castell Pitt Pastel Pencils but you can use other brands.

Requirements

  • Watercolor Paper (I use smooth watercolor paper)
  • Variety of Brushes (optional very fine brushes such as 0, 00 and even 000 which I use from time to time.)
  • Watercolor Paints (I use Winsor and Newton Cotman watercolour pans and palette but you can use any you like)
  • Hardboard backing board (for taping your work to)
  • Brown sticky tape!
  • Ruler (Straight edge and roller - optional though!)
  • Kitchen roll
  • Water container
  • Graphite pencils & sharpener - optional if drawing free hand
  • Optional: Selection of Pastel Pencils to enhance work after watercolor

Description

When I first started using Watercolour in 1980 I was inspired to copy the great artists such as Constable, Quinton and others. I couldn’t get on with oil or acrylic so turned my hand at watercolour.

As I had never gone to art school I just went with my instincts and had fun!

Because I tried to copy the great artists, the techniques I developed were completely unique and unlike any other watercolour pictures I saw.

I remained self taught, learnt as I went along and what you’ll see in this course is a result of years of learning through mistakes and finding what worked.

You’ll also see techniques never before attempted with watercolour (as far as I know). My watercolour pictures, even though they’re “impressionistic”, have a sense of realism about them.

In this course I’ll give you an outline drawing so that you can print this straight to watercolour paper or trace it using a carbon. I’ll also show you the materials I use in my watercolour work.

Then we’ll get started with the paintings which are split into “easy to digest” parts.

With this course you will learn to paint "Scotney Castle", a stunning place in Kent, England.

After learning how to paint the landscape you will also be shown how to enhance your watercolour with Pastel Pencils! You will see how to make your pictures even more vibrant, colourful and stunning.

I hope you enjoy learning my watercolour techniques, once you are finished, please do share your artwork via the Q & A section or message us using Udemy's messaging tools.

Who this course is for:

  • Students wishing to try a new approach to watercolor
  • Artists coming from other mediums wishing to learn watercolor techniques
  • Artists wishing to learn how to use pastel pencils on top of watercolor

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