Painting Realistic Watercolor Landscapes
Compositional and Tonal Sketch
A course by Richard Thorn , Landscape and Seascape Painter
About the video: Compositional and Tonal Sketch
Overview
“In this lesson, I will show you the importance of doing two preliminary sketches. The first is a quick two-minute compositional sketch and the second is a more developed 10-minute tonal sketch using Conte pencils. However, you can use graphite pencils if you wish. The aim here is to get familiar with your chosen scene which will help inform your watercolour painting process later on.”
In this video lesson Richard Thorn addresses the topic: Compositional and Tonal Sketch, 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
“ Compositional and Tonal Sketch In this lesson, we'll look at the importance of doing preliminary sketches, a compositional sketch first, followed by a tonal drawing later. Ok. When I'm embarking on working on my compositions, I think of them as designing the composition, putting it onto the paper, interpreting what I see, and transferring it to the finished piece of paper that I'll paint on. This sounds easy because we can all see things. We look at a scene and we think, "Oh, yes, I can do that," and then we come to draw it on a piece of paper and we get it wrong. This drawing here is adm...”
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Course summary for: Painting Realistic Watercolor Landscapes
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Category
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Areas
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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