Watercolour techniques: the basics

Markers Watercolour

REFERENCE PHOTO My photo shows a small hamlet nestling in the Yorkshire Dales in England. My inspiration was the sun catching on the stonework and slopes, contrasting with the dark storm cloud above.

REFERENCE PHOTO My photo shows a small hamlet nestling in the Yorkshire Dales in England. My inspiration was the sun catching on the stonework and slopes, contrasting with the dark storm cloud above.

You will need Surface Watercolour paper 140lb, any size Watercolour French ultramarine Phthalo blue (green shade) Pyrrol scarlet Quinacridone rose New gamboge Hansa yellow light Brushes Rounds Nos 8 &

You will learn An inventive was to use your offcuts of watercolour paper How to finish your creations with an extra flourish In an age dominated by digital screens, there’s something magical about the

Simplifying makes a chosen subject more digestible and allows you to capture it in a form that communicates something about it. But it’s a profound challenge when painting in an impressionist way and