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What Should I Paint? Why Not Fix Bad Scenery
“What Should I Paint?” Watercolor Class Preview:
- How bad scenery can be your answer to, “What should I paint?”
- How to turn bad reference photos into inspiration for your next painting.
- How to analyze and plan a painting where you’ll fix the reference photo as you go.
- How to sketch a wharf scene omitting basic shapes and re-compositing objects of interest.
- How to mix primary and complementary colors to achieve color balance and textures effectively.
- Using a toothbrush for the “splatter” technique on particular colors such as white paint.
Paints On The Palette (Various Brands)
- Lemon Yellow
- Orange
- Bright Orange
- Permanent Alizarin Crimson
- Cadmium Red Light
- Lavender
- Deep Purple
- Deep deep Purple (Mineral Violet)
- Olive Green
- Chromium of Oxide
- Viridian
- Cobalt Green
- Leaf Green
- Cerulean Blue
- Cobalt Blue
- Ultramarine Blue
- Indigo
- Neutral Tint
- Ivory Black
- Burnt Umber
- Burnt Sienna
- Yellow Ochre
- Quinacridone Gold
- White paint (in a tube)
Watercolor Paper:
- Arches 140-pound rough watercolor paper
Brushes:
- Escoda Joseph Zbukvic Signature Series Round Brush (20)
- Escoda Joseph Zbukvic Signature Series Round Brush (12)
- Escoda Joseph Zbukvic Signature Series Round Brush (8)
- Neef Rigger Brush (6)
- Neef Rigger Brush (8)
- Neef Rigger Brush (10)
- Colman no.1 Brush
- Regular Toothbrush
Miscellaneous:
- Mechanical pencil with 0.7 lead for sketching and tracing
- Container of clean water
- Auxiliary tray for mixing additional colors
- A towel or rag to rest brushes on
- Tissue or paper towel
- Artists’ tape
Reference Photo (Click To Enlarge)
Initial Sketch (Click to Enlarge)
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