How to Paint Shimmering Water in Watercolor - 3 Techniques explained!

Watercolor Tutorial and step by step demo of a scene from Istanbul. The Golden Horn, looking across to a ferry station and the Süleymaniye Mosque.

This video features:
- Choice of painting subject
- Composition
- Drawing skills
- Various watercolor techniques and 3 ways to produce shimmering water in bright light

Painting Steps:
0:00 Introduction and composition
5:48 Materials and Equipment for this watercolor painting
11:00 Using a thumbnail sketch to plan the painting
18:22 Outline drawing
27:00 Painting the first wash and the sky
33:32 How to paint the sea with shimmering light
1:03:44 Painting the background and mosque
1:31:04 Using a bit of white paint!

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The paper I use and recommend is Saunders Waterford.

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Видео How to Paint Shimmering Water in Watercolor - 3 Techniques explained! канала Watercolor with Tim Wilmot