Line and wash watercolour tutorial demonstration

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3 жыл бұрын

Hot on the heels of the drawing stage of my line and wash drawing of Lotherton Hall, here’s the watercolour-arguably the fun bit.😎
As mentioned before, my aim was not to carefully ‘ colour in’ the line drawing but to try and stay loose with, as far as possible, just one brush stroke rather than overworking the colour. Once the watercolour was finished, I then went back in with my pen to strengthen and emphasise some elements of the composition.
Colours used in this piece ( all Daniel Smith) include : Cobalt blue; Yellow ochre; sap green; Undersea green; Payne’s Grey; Indigo and quinacridone gold.
The drawing was in a Moleskine watercolour sketchbook, and the pens were Unipin fine line 0.1 & 0.3.
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@getsomecolourinyourlifedav2478 3 жыл бұрын

Great work John fantastic video thanks for sharing 👍👏

@jbrunsj 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful! How could someone dislike this?

@JeffChorney 3 жыл бұрын

Lovely John! 👍👍🇨🇦

@mellowblueclown 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. Very inspiring

@peterpearce4806 3 жыл бұрын

Love Johns work. And great commentary as he draws and paints.

@richardgibson4841 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks John, good as always. Handy to have the reference pic in there ...

@susanne17123 3 жыл бұрын

Lovely John! 😍

@athieliagriffin7957 3 жыл бұрын

Loved that you left the tree white! Great impact on this sketch.

@JohnHarrison51 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

@joni1 3 жыл бұрын

Love this. ❤️

@Stevenkjy 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant as ever John, thanks!!

@margaretpurserpurser4758 3 жыл бұрын

LOVE YOUR WORK, THANK YOUFOR SHARING

@JohnHarrison51 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Margaret- very kind of you bets wishes John

@dgwarchitect 2 жыл бұрын

So enjoy your work, inspiring. I’m in very beginning of my watercolor journey, love your style. Cheers from North Carolina USA

@nottaholiday 3 жыл бұрын

Love this......both the artwork and your gentle instruction....thank you

@TonySwaby 3 жыл бұрын

Nice work John, as an ex-graphic designer from Yorkshire I can relate to your work. Like you I now do the art thing for real :)

@JohnHarrison51 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers Tony......

@wiffelballbat 3 жыл бұрын

I have just started watercolour and any sketching since lockdown - I was always told 'You can't do it, couldn't draw etc' since being at school in Knottingley in W.Yorkshire. But took the plunge and love it! I am at the very beginning of my journey but wondered - what are the differences in technique/time/work etc between a sketch and a full piece? I love the line and wash looking sketch as is - but if you were to personally take a sketch forward as a bigger project what is that process and what are the differences in approach? Love the videos and they are becoming invaluable to learn from the second the pen hits the page! Thank you John for doing this. Tom

@JohnHarrison51 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tom...you've opened up a can of worms there: 'sketching' is defined as a very rough, quick preparatory drawing done in the process of planning a larger piece. Just lately though, sketching has become a much larger term to include some work which must have talon several hours to do- not really sketch. In terms of the process of translating a smaller 'sketch' into a larger, more finished piece...it's an eternal struggle to keep the loose, freshness of the initial drawing in a 'proper' piece- one which I frequently fail at...it's difficult not to tighten up when working on a commission, or a piece for a gallery. My most successful larger pieces have been those when I've treated the process as a quick drawing, not a carefully planned, meticulously executed piece of draftsmanship..... hope this helps. Knottingley is only about 20 minutes from where we live... cheers John

@ronniewoodhouse9076 3 жыл бұрын

Love your work. Where do you get your reference photos?

@JohnHarrison51 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ronnie... from a variety of sources-many from free reference sites, some from ones I spot posted on social media,& my own photos: this one of Lotherton Hall was taken by me on my daily walk.