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1. Introduction Sailboat class: If you admire a beauty of
sea at the sunset like I do, I invite you to
paint it with me. Painting water reflections
seems very difficult. But in this class I will show you the easy
way of doing it. Hi, my name is Alexandrina
and I'll be your guide in this artistic journey
as a class project, we will paint water
reflections and sail boats in the
stunning sunset. I will guide you
through every step, from art supplies
and color mixes to the final details
on the painting. In this class, I will show you simple steps and techniques for painting water reflections. When I painted water
reflections for the first time, it seemed very difficult. But once I learned
about techniques and main steps, it became easy. This class is designed
for intermediate level, but if you want to
start your journey in painting water in this class, you will find useful
exercise to begin with. If you feel excited and
ready to learn how to paint, water reflections, I'll
see you in the class.
2. Materials and color mixes: Let's talk about materials
for this painting. I'm using 100% quaton paper
and it's really important. For the wet on wet technique, two mop brushes number ten and number 3.1 round
brush, number six. You may use other brushes
just to make sure that the round brush has very
pointy and sharp end. You will need just three
colors for this painting. Cadmium red, deep, cadmium
yellow, deep and ultramarine. I also use a drawing board
and a masking paper tape. This is 100% Tm paper. It's really important for this painting that
you use quaton paper. Otherwise your result will be not so good as you
want it to be. Now let's move to
the color mixes. The beauty of this painting that we need only three colors. And we will start by making this nice orange color for
the sunset sky and the water. For this, I'm using mix
of cadmium red deep and cadmium yellow deep until I
get this nice orange color. Next mix is ultramarine
and cadmium red deep. I will use it for the shadows on the water to
represent the waves. For the third mix, I add a little bit of yellow
to this existing mix. So basically we mix all three colors together
in different amounts. We just use more blue color than red and a little
bit of yellow. This color will help us to paint some objects on the
boat and some shadows. In some places we
will use these mixes. Some places, like top right A, we will use just pure
ultramarine mixed with water. While painting, we
will have all of our colors on the
palette so they can mix with each
other and we will use these different
mixes that we get. I suggest you to try mix your colors to see what
shades you can get. Now let's get started.
3. Class Project Sketch: Before we start
drawing a sketch, I want to fixate a paper on the drawing board
with a paper tape. First, we need to measure
the proportions on the reference photo
to understand where our horizon line
will be and where we will place boats and the
reflection under them. Normally, the horizon line
shouldn't be in the middle. You have to place it lower
or upper on the reference. The horizon line is
lower than I draw, but I want to leave more space for painting
reflection on the water. Now I'm measuring objects
and proportions on the reference that is in
front of me with my pencil, with a citing method. For the sake of the
good composition, I can move objects a little bit, and we are not obliged to repeat objects as they
are on the reference. And I'm changing the height of the boat because I want to paint more sky and
compositionally. It is better if
the object is not cutting into the edge
of the painting. And we also need
to paint not only objects but also
reflections on the water. So which will be easier for us to paint it with water color. The main thing about
drawing reflections on the water is to draw them as
you see on the reference, exactly the shapes and
lines as you see it. I mark lightest and
darkest parts on the reflection to not get lost when I will work
with water color. Once you are happy
with your sketch, remove pencil lines with
the needable eraser.
4. Part 1. Painting Reflections Exercise: In this lesson, I will show you a simple exercise to
paint water reflections. We will start with the first layer with
wet on wet technique. For this exercise,
I split the piece of paper in two
because I want to show you how to paint waves and reflections on the left
side and on the right side, you can try it out yourself. With other reference that
I attached to this class, I'm mixing colors
on the palette, the ones I showed you
in the first lesson, mainly ultramarine, red and yellow to create
this grayish color. Also maybe some more purple
color, ultramarine and red. Once you prepared your color
mixes on the pallette, clean your brush and cover the surface of the
paper with clean water. I cover the surface
of the paper with water and moving from
the top to the bottom, I add some color to the paper. At the top it will be more
orange and blue and light, and at the bottom it will be
darker and more purplish. While the surface is still wet. I started painting waves
using wet on wet technique. Waves at the top will be lighter and waves at the bottom will
be darker and more white. The most important thing in
painting waves is to keep your brush wet and quite dry
with a lot of color on it. And to wait until the surface of the
paper is not too wet. For example, I started too soon, Had to wait a little bit longer to get better
shape of the waves. But even if you me
up a little bit, don't worry because it's our first wash.
First layer it will get and we will fix everything
with the second layer. I leave the paper to get dry. And I'll see you in the next lesson with the
part two of this exercise.
5. Part 2. Painting Reflections Exercise: Welcome to the part two of
Painting Water Reflections. Now I will draw the
reflections on the water. Just like I showed you in the sketch for our
class project, I'm just looking at
the reference and draw the same shapes and the same lines that
I see on the photo. The water on the reference
is more turquoise. But I didn't want to add more colors to this
class because this is just exercise to understand how to paint the
reflections on water. I used my round brush number six and started painting
reflections on water. When I want to paint
these thin wavy lines, I hold my brush almost vertically and I paint
with p of the brush. And we are done
with this painting, and we can move to our main class project and
paint sailboats at sunset. I'll see you in the next lesson.
6. First Layer: In this lesson, we will
paint the first wash. And let's start by preparing our
color mixes on the palette. I also prepare on the pallet mix of
ultramarine and water. It would be easier for
me to access this color when I need to paint very fast
with wet on wet technique, use the biggest
mop brush to cover the surface of the
paper with water. Now when I'm done doing that, I switch to the smaller, more brush number three. And I started by covering the sky with blue
color, ultramarine, moving from the
top to the bottom. I continue painting the sky
and I add more orange color, moving closer to
the horizon line. I'm trying to avoid this white spot that represents
the sun on the left side. Make sure that the paper
is wet while you're working because it's really important for wet
on wet technique. That's why it's really important to use
cotton paper because it doesn't get dry so fast
as other types of paper. I see that paper gets dry, so I cover it again with water. And only then I
continue working. I'm trying to avoid boats
while painting the water. In my left hand, I'm holding the paper
towel that helps me to dry my brush very fast or remove some highlights from the paper
like I'm doing right now. I also want to
remove color under the boat because it will be the light spot of
reflection under the boat. And just like we
did in the exercise before we are going to
start painting waves, There are almost no waves
closer to the horizon line. That's why I stop painting waves next to
the closest boat and I add some more intense
and darker color to the waves that
are closer to us. We're done with waves and we will move to
the horizon line. Your paper should be not
too dry, but almost dry. Now I want to paint the objects, trees and mountains
on the horizon line. From the left side, it will be more orange because
it's under the sunlight. On the right side, it
will be darker and with more ultramarine
for the left side. I'm mixing red and yellow. I start painting,
avoiding the boat slowly moving to the right side, I add color with more
ultramarine in the mix. Because the paper is not dry, the color can move to the surface that you
don't want it to move. And you still can easily remove
it with the clean brush. Besides we have
reflection from the heels and trees on the
background, on the water. It's okay that we have
this blurry line, not the sharp line
of the horizon. Basically, we will add more
dark colors on the next step. While the paper is still wet, you can add some dark colors to the waves on the foreground. Now we'll let the paper dry, and I'll see you in
the next lesson.
7. Painting Bigger Sailboat: In this lesson, we will paint a boat with wet
on dry technique. For painting boat,
I will use the mix of ultra marine and
red cadmium deep. Number six, I'm moving from
the right corner to the left, covering the surface of the
boat with light purple color. We see on the reference that on the left side we see the
reflection from the sun. We will keep some space to
cover it with orange color. I a mix of ultramarine
and red cadmium deep. To paint the figures of
the people on the boat, it should be just
schematic ones and just the understanding that there are some
objects on the boat. Now I will start
painting the sail of the boat with the mix
of yellow and red. The right side of this sail is very light and it's
covered with the sunlight, so I have to keep the color
very bright and clear. As I move to the left
side of the sail, I start add more
ultramarine color and create more darker shade
of this yellowish color. Once I'm done with the
right side of the sail, I'm moving to the left side
and it's darker so I'm using the darker color straightaway when the tutorials, it helps me to keep them of
the final painting next to myself so I can use it as a guide of what I'm looking
for and what I'm painting. If it helps you, I will
attach the painting of the final artwork to this class and you can
use it as a guidance. I add some more details to the sale with a pointy
end of the brush and darker color A. But in my brush,
almost vertically, I will paint the ropes
on the sailboat. I add some darker shades on the boat with the
same color mix. Just more intense, less
water and more color. And with the same color, dark mix of ultra marine red
and a little bit of yellow, I make the horizon line
more sharp and dark. Now we're halfway down and we can move to
the next lesson.
8. Reflections Under the Boat: In this lesson, we will paint reflection on water
under the boat. Let's start by making a
sketch with a pencil. Be careful and don't press
on pencil too much because it will be difficult to remove the pencil lines
from the painting. I'm also sketching
these oval shapes with the light parts
and the dark parts. And I'm marking it
light and dark. I would understand where to keep the light
spots on the water. When you practice more
in painting reflections, you can avoid the
step with sketching reflections with pencil and you can paint straightaway
with the brush. But I think if you just
started to paint water, it's easier to mark the
shape of the lines, at least approximately
on the paper. I mix an ultramarine and red on my palette to have the
dark and intense color. Because under the boat it
will be very dark color. As we paint reflection, we need to repeat the shapes and colors that we
see on the sailboat. We will use also a little
bit orange color and mix with ultramarine to represent the
reflection of the sail. On the left side, we have
reflection from the sun. So we will use more orange color
and lighter color on the left side under the boat. As we are moving to the bottom, I add more orange color. That is reflection from the
sail covered with the sun. It's still dark, Reflection, but it's more orange. Around these oval
forms and big shapes, we have these thin
and wavy lines that I'm trying to repeat with
the very tip of my brush. I also want to add some
darker shadows on the boat. So I'm using the same
dark color that I painted reflections on water and adding
some details on the boat. And lets also add darker shadows under the boat represent the water reflections. And if you will take closer
look on the reference, you will see the wavy shapes on the water under the sailboat. So it will be the darkest
part on this reflection. We are done with painting
this reflection. Let's move to the
next lesson where we will paint the further sailboat.
9. Painting the Further Sailboat: Let's move to the last
step of our painting, and let's paint the further
boat and reflection under it. This boat is closer to the sun, so the sail of the boat will be more yellow,
orange, and light. I started by covering the
sail with orange color, and then gradually I add darker shade to the
top of the sail. Just remember that it
will be lighter than the objects on the horizon
line on the background. With a very dark mix of
ultramarine and red, I'm painting the
silhouettes on the boat. The boat itself, split it
into half the left side, and the right side is lighter. And it will be the same in
the reflections on water. Because basically we have to
repeat everything that we see in the objects
in the reflections. It takes a lot of time and practice to paint the
water reflections. And the main thing is to
follow the sequence of steps. And start with wet
on wet technique, creating a nice and light
background and wavy shapes. And then when the paper gets dry at water reflections with this dark color and the wavy
lines and some thin lines. And basically analyze
the reference photo and to repeat the shapes that
you can see on the photo. I was totally scared
of painting water. It seemed really
impossible until I took my first class on painting
water reflections. And I saw that exercises that I shared with
you in this lesson, in this class, it didn't
seem so scary anymore. And I hope that you
have this feeling too that you can paint
water reflections now. And you understand
the main principles. Of course, my skills
are far away from perfect and from being a master in painting
water reflections. But we are here to
learn and I think it's a big step and
it's very good for you that you are
learning to paint some things that sometimes
even seem very scary. I'm almost done with
the water reflections and now I want to add this
thing and wavy lines. I can't wait to see your class
projects, you paintings. Please share it with me. In the class project or
just in direct messages, please share your feedback. What was the most difficult. Easy. And if you have your requests regarding
the next tutorials next, please share it as well in the review section
or in class project. Let's add some final details to the boat and we are
done with the paint. Thank you for painting
these sailboats with me and I hope that you really
like this class project. And I'll see you
in the next lesson for the final touches.
10. Final touches: Our painting is done and we're ready to remove
the masking tape. I hope that you liked
this class and I can't wait to see your paintings
in the class projects. Please leave a review. It will help other students to understand if
this class meets their needs and I will be able to improve my
future classes. As a final touch, I want to add my signature in
the right corner. If there are some pencil
lines left on the painting, I want to remove them
with the ordinary eraser. Thank you for participating in this class and I hope to
see you in my next class.
Aleksandryna Gromyko, Watercolor tutorials for everyone
