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Daily watercolor painting – Red Brick House watercolor painting

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Red Brick House watercolor

Red Brick House watercolor

I have finished the watercolor painting on the Red Brick House.  It was fun doing this watercolor and although the painting is small, 7 inches by 11 inches, it takes much time because of the details.  At the end, I have gone over many dark watercolor areas with a mixture of Ultramarine Blue, Widsor Red and Winsor Green.  All Winsor and Newton Aritst grade watercolor.  Some of the lighter areas are being lifted to produce a better color contrast between the darker color.  Overall I am quite pleased and enjoy the process of this watercolor painting.

Daily watercolor – Red Brick House watercolor painting

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Red Brick House Watercolor Painting

Red Brick House Watercolor Painting

I have continue with the watercolor painting of the red brick house which is done on 140 lb cold press watercolor paper.  Red brick painted with mixture of Burnt Sienna, Yellow Ochre etc all of Winsor and Newton Watercolor paint is being used.  Wet in wet technique was used in the beginning.  Later, dry brush technique is used for the texture of the brick.  The top left corner of the window was painted first and below it I started off with a dark earth watercolor and later the cross window screen was lift off with a wet brush.  Right side window was painted with mixture of Winsor Green, Ultramarine Blue and Winsor Violet with a touch of grey.

Daily Watercolor – Fish Market watercolor painting

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Fish market watercolor painting

Fish market watercolor painting

I wanted to try painting a different subject in watercolor.  I found this photo of a fish market which I though would make a good watercolor painting exercise.  It is not a complicated subject and is good for practicing value study and watercolor washes.  I found that I have trouble in doing interesting blacks and this watercolor subject with the amount of blacks creates more problem but it is the way to learn.  I used Ultra Marine Blue, Winsor Violet and Windsor Green mixture to create a deep black.  Sometime Payne’s Grey is also used in the mixture for a darker watercolor black.  I will search for more ways how watercolor artist create their blacks and will share it in a later blog.