![]() ![]() Some of these shapes will become bright highlights and others will be toned down by successive layers of paint, but it’s important to reserve the white paper early in the process. Notice that I leave a lot of white highlights at this stage. The following step was to start painting the “underpainting” for the blue coat. Together with the muted orange flesh colors, this adds the orange counterpoint of the complementary color scheme. I used the same bright orange for the falling leaf. Next I added the bright orange colors for the boy’s cap and sweater. Because watercolors are transparent this provides a base for subsequent layers of paint. Underpainting is a common practice in watercolor painting where you apply an initial layer of color. Because blue is a “cool” color, this fits well with the winter theme of the painting. This kind of color relationship is said to be more dynamic and visually interesting.īlue is the dominant color in the scene. In color theory, this association of colors is known as “ complementary”.Ĭomplementary colors are any two colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel. This painting uses one of my favorite color combinations – blue and orange. By painting the figure of the boy using relatively dark values, and placing the head and shoulders against a bright background, this helps reinforce the center of interest of the composition. The human eye is often drawn to the point of highest contrast in an image. I made the format vertical rather than horizontal, and flipped the photo so that the boy was still facing into the scene.Īnother useful composition trick is to make use of contrast. Better still if something falls at the intersection of two imaginary lines !įollowing this idea I placed the body of the boy along one of these vertical lines, and the face is centered at the intersection of two lines. ![]() Anything which falls on one of these lines reinforces the presence of that object in the overall composition. The sheet is divided into thirds using imaginary lines. To do this I applied a composition rule known as the “ rule of thirds”. So I decided to modify the position of the boy in the photo to make him a stronger focal point. ![]() The inspiration for this painting came from a photo, but the disposition didn’t quite fit what I wanted. The first is composition, and the second is color harmony. Which is a shame because I like snow! (Hopefully there’s more to come) How to Paint a Winter Scene in Watercolorīefore painting this winter view I explored a couple of factors that I think are important to the success of a painting. I’ll go over various watercolor techniques and some art theory, and do my best to explain the steps I took to create this snowy scene!īy the way, the snow didn’t last very long. If you’d like to follow along then you can download my sketch template and transfer it to watercolor paper. Well… It was more like frozen rain! But it was enough to get me in the mood to paint a winter watercolor scene, which I’d like to share with you below. ![]()
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