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Painting a Boat Scene, My Way!: L2

Author: Rod Webb, Contributing Editor

Time to set up your palette! The colors used are:

Raw Sienna, Burnt Umber,French Ultramarine, Cobalt Blue, Light Red, Alizarin Crimson, Paynes Grey

Unless you are extremely confident in laying fast washes and painting around objects, I would suggest you mask off the boat and the white reflections in the water.

I use "Art Masking Fluid for Watercolor" made by Winsor and Newton.

The background houses and radar dome on the boat's superstructure were also masked.

Mix up a wash of raw sienna.
With the paper upside down and the board tilted at about 15 degrees, apply a graduated wash from the tree lines to the top of the paper.

Dilute the wash with clear water as you work towards the top.

The next wash is applied before the first one dries.
Using a mixture of Ultramarine with a touch of light red, apply a wash to top left corner allowing the paint to run wet into wet.

On the lower part of sky, just run the paint in streaks across the paper in a diagonal direction and allow it to blend.

Allow sky to dry.
Paint in the distant trees using payne's grey with a touch of raw sienna, changing to raw umber as you reach the waterline.

Before this dries add some payne's grey to give the trees some shape - soft edges will be produced as the original wash is still wet.

Houses and a small jetty were painted in on the far shore.
Very little detail or tone as they are in the distance.

Just a hint of activity!

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	Time to set up your palette! The colors used are: Raw Sienna, Burnt Umber,French Ultramarine, Cobalt Blue, Light Red, Alizarin Crimson, Paynes Grey Unless you are extremely confident in laying fast washes and painting around objects, I would suggest you mask off the boat and the white reflections in the water. I use "Art Masking Fluid for Watercolor" made by Winsor and Newton. The background houses and radar dome on the boat's superstructure were also masked.
	Mix up a wash of raw sienna. With the paper upside down and the board tilted at about 15 degrees, apply a graduated wash from the tree lines to the top of the paper. Dilute the wash with clear water as you work towards the top.
	The next wash is applied before the first one dries. Using a mixture of Ultramarine with a touch of light red, apply a wash to top left corner allowing the paint to run wet into wet. On the lower part of sky, just run the paint in streaks across the paper in a diagonal direction and allow it to blend.
	Allow sky to dry. Paint in the distant trees using payne's grey with a touch of raw sienna, changing to raw umber as you reach the waterline. Before this dries add some payne's grey to give the trees some shape - soft edges will be produced as the original wash is still wet.
	Houses and a small jetty were painted in on the far shore. Very little detail or tone as they are in the distance. Just a hint of activity!