Watercolor Painting | How to learn from MASTERS | Winslow Homer

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This watercolor painting tutorial based on a painting by an late nineteenth century American painter, Winslow Homer. This painting is a part of my series from watercolor masterclass series #LearnfromMasters. The demonstration is suitable for those who wish to move from beginner skills to intermediate and mastery.

TIME STAMPS
0:00 Watercolor based on Winslow Homer's masterpiece " The Blue Boat"
0:38 Sky with cobalt blue and cerulean blue
1:01 Easel at 30 degree slant
1:12 A touch of Raw Umber
1:47 Swift moment for horizontal strokes
2:01 Progressively thinner clouds toward dist horizon
2:36 Darkening of clouds
3:01 Partial masking of figures
3:43 Formation of Bead
4:06 Ground Plane
5:58 Texture with tooth-brush
6:30 Darkening of base of trees
6:42 My PATREON Channel - a brief introduction
7:09 Water body
8:18 Warm it up at the bottom
8:58 Reflections
10:40 Reflection of boat
12:06 Picking up pigment with a hungry brush
12:42 Chinese white for lost highlights
12:55 Remove dried masking fluid
13:11 The boat
14:45 Chinese white for reflections and highlights
15:08 Reworking, re-darkening
15:42 Use of tissue paper
17:29 Painting figures
19:59 Chinese white for 'smokey" effect


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Watercolor is not the easiest medium to master, but it produces the greatest luminosity. There are many ways to paint in watercolor and I will show my way of approaching it. To my understanding, filling your painting with big and interesting shapes is the critical ingredient, apart from controlling water, tonal quality and color mixing. The journey to learn this wonderful skills is filled with excitement, a bit of frustration, little moments of triumphs and several moments of zen like contentment. Somewhat, similar to...life?

Happy journey and painting

List of Materials:
Blues:
Cobalt Blue, French Ultramarine, Cobalt Teal

Reds
Cadmium Red, Cadmium Orange, Dioxazine Purple

Yellows:
Cadmium Yellow, Naples Yellow, Yellow Ochre, Indian Yellow

Earth Tones:
Raw Umber, Burnt Umber, Raw Sienna

Greens:
Olive Green

Neutrals and Whites:
Neutral tint, Warm Grey, Cool Grey, Chinese White, White Gouache

Brushes:
Escoda : Aquario no. 14 and Perla no. 4,8 & 12
Art Essentials Brushes: Kazan Squirrel no. 000, 1, & 2
Raphael Soft Aqua brushes: 3/0, 0 & 2

Paper: Fabriano Artistico Traditional White 100% cotton Rough 140 lbs 9"x12"



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