Painting Realistic Watercolor Landscapes
Brush Techniques
A course by Richard Thorn , Landscape and Seascape Painter
About the video: Brush Techniques
Overview
“In this lesson, I will show you several different foundational brush techniques that I frequently utilise when painting with watercolour. These include wet-in-wet, damp-in-damp, dry brush, spattering, and lifting off with brush and water.”
In this video lesson Richard Thorn addresses the topic: Brush Techniques, which is part of the Domestika online course: Painting Realistic Watercolor Landscapes. Explore brush strokes, color, composition, and tone to illustrate striking landscapes that capture the detail and atmosphere of the natural world.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, I'll be showing you some of the more fundamental watercolour and brush techniques. and typically ones that I use in most, if not all of my paintings. So for this exercise we're using Two colors. cobalt blue, and an orange. That will be the wedding where colors And for the dry brush and the spatter brush, we'll be using a red-brown, which is darker than the blue. So we have five sections here, they're all dry. Spots of work. dry brush, lifting out, lifting out with water and the knife's graffito All needs to be dry for those purposes. Okay, let's start with the wet in wet. I'...”
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Course summary for: Painting Realistic Watercolor Landscapes
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Fine Arts, Naturalistic Illustration, Painting, Sketching, Watercolor Painting
Richard Thorn
A course by Richard Thorn
Richard Thorn is a professional painter specializing in watercolor landscapes and seascapes. His style relies heavily on techniques he’s developed himself to achieve robust texture and depth in his art. Richard’s approach to painting has evolved over the years, currently focusing on atmosphere, light, and the overall feeling of the subjects to capture the essence of the nature he sees.
His artwork has been sold and exhibited in many leading galleries throughout the UK, as well as America, Taiwan, and South Korea. He has earned numerous awards during his decades-long career, including two for best watercolor from the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, and another for painting excellence at the 2019 Qingdao International Watercolour Exhibition.
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