Light through fog watercolor landscape painting tutorial. Watercolour painting step by step lesson

How to paint and capture the light through fog with watercolor. Topics covered include using a limited palette, how to paint fog, painting the sun through mist, color mixing, painting reflections, adding depth to a watercolor painting, birds. The subject is of an English canal in Trowbridge. It is a full step by step watercolour painting for all levels.
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Why I wet the back of my watercolor paper:
Here is a video I made which explains why I wet the back of the paper.    • How to wet your watercolor paper. Wet the ...  

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00:00 Intro
00:35 The drawing
02:30 Mixing the colors of the sky
06:40 Painting the sky
09:11 Painting the distant trees
10:52 Painting the water initial wash
16:40 Painting the detailed trees
23:45 Painting the reflections and tree adjustments
29:39 Painting the foreground grasses
33:24 Painting the final details

Materials used:
Paper:
Eighth sheet, 185 gsm Arches Cold Pressed watercolor paper (Approx. A4 size)
Watercolor paints, all are Winsor and Newton:
French Ultramarine
Cobalt Blue
Cobalt Turquoise
Aureolin or Winsor Lemon
Permanent Rose
Burnt Sienna

Brushes:
Size 8 & 12 round watercolor brushes
Mop brush for wetting the back of the paper
Rigger brush
Small Fan brush with stiff hog hair bristles

Other material:
Waterproof backing board, I use 6mm thick matt black acrylic, which I purchased off eBay, held at about 20 degrees