Simple watercolor painting demonstration of boats and water

Simple watercolor painting of boats and water

This is my latest demonstration for relatively new watercolor artists. It covers various watercolor painting techniques such as wet on wet and wet on dry as well as dry brush.

Subjects such as the drawing of simple boats and perspective are also covered.

The location of this scene is Pittwater a beautiful Sydney, Australia, coastal suburb and is based on a photo I took early one morning.

The painting is only about 7" x 5" but for the more experienced artists could certainly be painted larger - however for the beginner watercolorist I recommend sticking to this smaller dimension.

The demonstration can be found on my Painting With Watercolor site.

Happy painting,

Joe

Watercolor Techniques: edges, wet on wet, dry brush, etc.

I am currently producing a series of articles and demonstrations that will make up a Beginner's Guide to Watercolor Painting.

The Breakaway, Windsor, NSW

The first in this series, which will appear under the Watercolor Techniques section of my Painting With Watercolors website, covers the subject of the different types of edges we create as artists in general and watercolor artists in particular.

My reason for creating this section is because I often have the challenge of taking on new students and integrating them with my more experienced ones. This sometimes has me running around doing multiple demonstrations (all be is some are very basic) for the students at different levels. My idea is that in the future I can sit a student down in front of a computer screen and they can catch up as need by following the techniques on my site. I will also have some very basic videos done of the types of exercises and paintings my beginner watercolor artists do.

Happy painting,

Joe Cartwright
www.paintingwithwatercolors.com