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This is the finished painting,
"Portrait of a Home"
Below are the steps I took to create this painting. It is painted in watercolor on a half-sheet (15" by 22") of Arches cold-pressed 140 lb. paper. The paper was first soaked in a tub of water and then placed flat and wet on a slightly larger piece of "gator-board" and stapled into place. I allowed it to dry fully before attempting to make my light pencil drawing.
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1. Start with a fairly detailed but lightly penciled
drawing. |
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2. Mix a light base color. This will be the light areas of the house, so keep it light. |
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3. Mix a deeper base color for the trim. I added a little more red to my light orange. |
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4. Mix a Cobalt Blue Sky- add a touch of Rose Madder Genuine to cool the blue. This will make the warm orange of the house really glow. |
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5. Continually mixing different greens, I painted in the grass and foliage. Sap Green and Viridian. Viridian and Cadmium Orange. Viridian or Sap Green with Aureolin. Be inventive, but limit mixtures to 3 or less colors. |
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6. Using various reds, oranges and yellows I mixed and painted the tile roof and brick drive. I used some of this color in other parts of the painting like palm tree trunks etc. |
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7. The details, the details. I used dark sky color for the windows and light sky color for the reflections. I continued painting foliage and other minor details. |
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