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Landscape watercolor painting with ink outline – BC watercolor landscape – 15 x 22 inches

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Landscape painting with ink outline - BC watercolor landscape

Landscape painting with ink outline - BC watercolor landscape

This is the final watercolor landscape painting I did of the Brithish Columbia landscape.   I have lifted the color off the light house to achieve the much lighter value that it should have.  Other colors are added and lifted as well.  What I like about the ink outline is that the shpaes of the landscape element are more well defined.  Watercolor pigments are added within a hard edge which gives sharpness and well define edges although gradated wash is used in many of the larger shapes.  When outlining a watercolor painting, always keep in mind of the over all shape of the subject.  Also it will train the eyes to look for large shapes and how it’s placement within the landscape.

Landscape watercolor painting – Daily Watercolor – Watercolor with ink outline

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Ink outline watercolor landscape painting

Ink outline watercolor landscape painting

This is the progress of the watercolor landscape painting of British Columbia coast line I have started.  I have started with a under painting and then various watercolor pigment was added on top in layers.  Now it is the addition of ink outline.  I have used a Sharpie Permanent Marker to do the outline of the landscape watercolor painting.  I love this step because it defines the shape of the landscape in the watercolor painting.  The ink outline  is freely drawn with often reference to the photograph I took of the landscape scene.  Next step to this watercolor painting is to add more layers with watercolor pigment within the boundaries of the ink outline to create a more interesting and colorful watercolor painting.

Daily Watercolor Painting – Landscape 01 – BC Landscape Painting

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BC Landscape watercolor painting - 15 x x 22 inches

BC Landscape watercolor painting - 15 x x 22 inches

This is a watercolor painting based on a photo I took on my way to Mayne Island off the British Columbia  coast in Canada.  I did the underpainting using Ceulean Blue and after it is completely dry, I appled the various color on top in layers.  First I painted the background trees and hills with more blue green pigment.  Then the foreground was painted in sections and layers with Burnt Umber and Windsor Green.  The lighthouse should be left unpainted but it was painted over by a wash so I need to lift the color out later on.  The final result composes of various layers of watercolor pigmnet layering one on top of the other.  Basic wet in wet was used as well as some gradated wash.

Daily Watercolor Painting – Landscape 01 – 15 x 22 inches landsape watercolor painting

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Landscape 01 - 15 x 22 inches watercolor painting

Landscape 01 - 15 x 22 inches watercolor painting

I have started another landscape watercolor painting on a 11 x15 inches Arches cold press watercolor paper.  I made a sketch with lead pencil and then put on a backgournd layer as an underpainting.  This time I choose to use a different pigment other than Burnt Umber and I have to choose Cerulean Blue.  I also use a large brush for this exercise.  At this stage, all I concern is to fill in all the large shapes with their appropiate value using Cerulean Blue.  It was a fast but very focus exercise becasue I need to charge the paper with the right amount of paint and water before it dries out on me.  Control is very important at this stage and in the application of the underpainting.

Daily Watercolor Painting – Island Mist – 15 x 22 inches landscape watercolor

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Landscape Watercolor painting - Final - 15 x 22 inches - Island Mist

Landscape Watercolor painting - Final - 15 x 22 inches - Island Mist

This is the finished landscape watercolor painting and is called the Island Mist.  It is based on a photo I took during my trip to Mayne Island on board of the BC Ferry.  Mayne Island is an island in British Columbia between Vancouver and Victoria Island.  This landscape watercolor painting is done on a 15 x 22 inches ( half sheet ) cold press watercolor paper using Winsor and Newton Artist watercolor.  A background tonal study using Burnt Umber is put on initially and then the variious watercolor pigments was applied in layers.  See my previous post for the Burnt Umber under painting.  The colors I used for this painting mostly consists of Ultramarine Blue, Winsor Green, Burnt Umber and Alizarin Crimson.  Basic watercolor wash as well as dry brush technique is used as well as splattering and salt effect.

Daily watercolor – Landscape watercolor painting – fog – underpainting study

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Landscape painting - fog - 15 x 22 inches

Landscape painting - fog - 15 x 22 inches

More watercolor pigments have been applied to the middle ground of the landscpe watercolor painting.  Doing the underpainting with Burnt Umber makes me think about the tonal scale and value of the painting instead of color.  Watercolor pigments are added later during the progress of the watercolor painting.  It would be another one or two sessions before the painting is finished and from this point on, details will be added with the overall mood of the painting in mind.  This is the time where artistic licence is used to alter the scene to suit the atmosphere and color.  The orginal photo is for reference only and more can be added on or left out to enhance the finished watercolor painting.

Daily watercolor – Landscape watercolor painting – fog – Underpainting study

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Watercolor landscape painting - fog -

Watercolor landscape painting - fog -

After the underpainting with Burnt Umber has been dry, watercolor pigment was layer on top.  Started with background which is done wet into wet because a foggy mood need to be created.  Layers of wet in wet watercolor is applied in the background and water foreground.  One layer after another when the previous one is completely dry.  Then the middle ground is painted with watercolor pigment on top of the Burnt Umber underpainting.  Many layers of the pigment is applied in watercolor wash as well as using the dry brush technique.  Winsor Green and Ultramarine Blue in the Winsor and Newton watercolor paint is used in mixing with Burnt Umber.  The bright yellow is Yellow Ochre mixted with some orange pigment.

Daily Watercolor – Birch Landscape Watercolor Painting – Underpainting exercise

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Birch Landscape watercolor painting - Underpainting exercise

Birch Landscape watercolor painting - Underpainting exercise

The above watercolor is the result of first doing a underpainting using Burnt Umber and then adding watercolro layer after layer on top.  It was a fun exercise and although it took me twice the length of time to finish the painting, I think I have accomplished what I have started out to do.  It is important to leave some of the areas blank so that watercolor can be easily on top.  Most of the watercolor paint I put on at this stage are pigments right out of the tube.  It gives the painting a fresh and brillent feeling of color and it have a better coverage of the Burnt Umber underpainting under neath.