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Birch Trees In The Snow. - A Scraping Watercolor Lesson
This lesson introduces the technique of scraping into watercolor paints. Its a nifty little trick that comes in handy quite often.
We will be mixing techniques; "wet in wet" with "drybrush" ( dry brush ) to generate this simple yet interesting painting.
The scene is a snow scene. A remembered view of a ski trail in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
What i love here is the intense sunny-ness of the scene. It's sunny for two reasons. First reason is the crispness of the shadows. Second, far more subtle, is the color of the shadows, blue. I cover this effect in depth in my lesson on "Shadows In The Landscape".
MATERIALS LIST
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A Color For Information
Burnt Sienna
A sedimentary color; sediments quickly offering a mottled or shimmery look to the final (wash)
+ close +Viridian
A sedimentary color; sediments quickly offering a mottled or shimmery look to the final (wash)
+ close +Pthalocyanine Blue
A "warm" (greenish) blue.
A non sedimentary color settles out smoothly yielding a uniform finish (wash)
+ close +Pyrrol Red
A "warm" (orangish) red.
A non sedimentary color settles out smoothly yielding a uniform finish (wash)
+ close +Arylide Yellow FGL
A "warm" (orangish) yellow.
A non sedimentary color settles out smoothly yielding a uniform finish (wash)
There is not an industry standard name for this color. I am offering DaVincis Brand name.
+ close +Yellow Ocher
A sedimentary color.
sediments quickly offering a mottled or shimmery look to the final (wash)
+ close +Cerulean Blue
A sedimentary color.
Sediments quickly offering a mottled or shimmery look to the final (wash)
+ close +Ultramarine Blue
A cool (purplish) blue.
A non sedimentary color settles out smoothly, theoretically yielding a uniform final (wash).
Actually Ultramarine Blue "flocculates" (gathers in clumps) so we only get a fairly smooth (wash)
Sadly, it's the only purplish blue thats light-fast and available to artists.
+ close +Alizarin Crimson
( Quinacridone )
A cool (purplish) red.
A non sedimentary color settles out smoothly yielding a uniform finish (wash)
n fact, Alizarine Crimson (a very early man made pigment) lost favor when it was found non light-fast.
Today we replace it it with a better version of the same color called Quinacdridone Red.
Nevertheless, manufacturers still call it Alizerine Crimson.
+ close +A cool (greenish) yellow
A non sedimentary color settles out smoothly yielding a uniform finish (wash)
There is not an industry standard name for this color. I am offering the DaVincis Brand name.
+ close +![Coloring Book, First Watercolor Lesson, Washes And Values.](../../index-images/coloringbook.jpg)
First Watercolor Lesson, Washes And Values.
![How to mix all the colors from just six.](../../index-images/colorwheel-index.jpg)
![Captain Watertcolor demonstrating how to draw trees](../../index-images/treesA.jpg)
![Captain Watertcolor demonstrating how to paint trees](../../index-images/treesB.jpg)
![Preparing watercolor paper for wet in wet painting.](../../index-images/paper.jpg)
![Captain Watercolor demonstrates how to paint a barn with watercolorss - A beginner landscape lesson.](../../index-images/barn-small-index.jpg)
![Captain Watercolor demonstrates painting Sunrises / Sunsets - How to paint the sky.](../../index-images/sky-sunrise_sunset-sky-longindexi.jpg)
Sunrise / Sunset
(Dawn / Dusk)
Part 1 Painting The Sky.
![Captain Watercolor demonstrates painting Sunrises / Sunsets - How to paint the islands](../../index-images/sky-sunrise_sunset-land-longindexi.jpg)
Sunrise /:65px Sunset
(Dawn / Dusk)
Part 2 Painting The Islands.
![Captain Watercolor demonstrates painting Sunrises / Sunsets - How to paint the lighthouse](../../index-images/sky-sunrise_sunset-lighthouse-longindexi.jpg)
Sunrise / Sunset
(Dawn / Dusk)
Part 3 Painting The Lighthouse
![Captain Watercolor demonstrates how to paint a snow scene wtih an Aspen tree and its shadows.](../../index-images/snow-birches.jpg)