BRING WATER ALIVE IN WATERCOLOUR

Описание: Ripples add life and movement to watercolour scenes. In this step-by-step tutorialI will show you how to capture reflections and ripples with ease
Perfect for beginners and anyone wanting to improve their understanding of reflective surfaces in watercolor.
🎨 Techniques covered:
• Matching objects with their reflections
• Light vs. dark values in water
• Creating ripples and broken reflections
• Using greens, blues and earth tones for depth
• Fast, impressionistic brushwork for natural movement
⏱️ Chapters
00:00 – Introduction to painting reflections
00:43 – Simple drawing: house, people, trees
01:02 – Notes on paints, brushes & chapter segments
01:36 – Planning gaps and reflection spacing
02:20 – Understanding dark vs. light in reflections
03:06 – Length of painting & navigating chapters
03:40 – Marking reflection positions below objects
04:22 – Importance of accurate reflection spacing
04:43 – Preparing the palette & paint mixing
05:05 – Starting with dark greens in the trees
05:34 – First wash: trees & branches
06:30 – Lone tree and simple building
07:06 – First wash on water (reflections begin)
08:36 – Painting the roof and top elements
09:45 – Adding ripples with blue tones
10:36 – Mixing yellows, blues & pinks for variation
11:28 – Deepening tree colours for stronger reflections
12:58 – Brush direction for movement in water
13:58 – Adding detail to bridge & figures
14:46 – Painting darker water reflections
15:33 – Defining where objects meet water
16:02 – Using sepia & greens for variation
17:18 – Randomising tones for natural water
18:17 – Adding darker tree reflections
19:07 – Matching wall colours in reflections
20:05 – Stronger blues & soft blending
20:31 – Preserving white gaps for sky reflections
20:58 – Fine details with rigger brush
21:26 – Painting figures and their reflections
22:27 – Observing real-life reflections
22:58 – Rapid impressionistic brushwork
23:48 – Shaping trees through reflections
25:16 – Darkening background trees
26:07 – Detailing trees above the bridge
27:43 – Tidying house edges
28:13 – Drying stage
29:25 – Adding final darks on bridge & below
30:40 – Highlights on figures
33:27 – Final thoughts
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