This is another painting I attempted in my work towards learning how to paint water.
I saw a great video on YouTube by a really good watercolourist called Steven Cronin. (Here is his channel.)
This is his video:
I thought I would try to follow his technique and see if I could paint a version of the same thing. Please note this was just a study to help me learn how to do it.
His painting was using only one colour – a mix of blue and payne’s grey. But I wanted to add a colour for the light rather than just relying on the white of the paper. So I added a yellow.
Here’s my version:
I couldn’t quite get it like Steven Cronin’s picture – I don’t have his control of paint from a big brush. To try to work around this I made a few changes to the way I painted it. I used a wet on dry technique after the wet on wet phase to give sharper edges to the hills around the lake and I used a wet brush on the almost dry forground to pull out some shadow reflections. All of that said, I think it does bear a likeness to Steven’s work and I can read the image as a picture of water. So that’s a step forward!
Thanks Steven!!!