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Watercolour Demonstration

If I am doing a full sheet of rocks, pines and water, I like to work with complementary colours. After a good sketch, I usually tone the entire page with some variation of a pinky orange, graduating the wash, depending on the composition. When this is dry I then paint the main subject matter in its complementary colours, paying attention to different areas and varying the colours accordingly. For instance with a large pine, I will have the reference at hand and paint the entire tree in pinks, reds, oranges and purples. I then begin to paint in the actual colours, mixing all my greens on my palette and using the complementary colour to get darker tones, as needed.

I follow the same technique for the sky. As the orange is already down, I can go in with blues and the complementary colour glows through, filling the sky with light. The clouds are the tinted underpainting, with some form given by blues and greys.

watercolour painting demo by debbie homewood

watercolor painting in progress by Debbie Homewood
The first half

Debbie Homewood watercolour demo painting completed
Completed

Debbie Homewood at watercolour exhibition
Debbie Homewood

Debbie Homewood watercolor painting in progress
The first half

completed watercolour painting
Completed

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