Watercolor Tutorial - 'CONTRE JOUR' - Cafe Scene

Watercolor Tutorial and step by step demo of a cafe scene in Mijas, Spain. This video features a 'contre jour' painting (we are looking into the light), and the importance of angles and contrasts in a composition.

This video also covers:
- Choice of painting subject
- Composition
- Drawing skills
- Various watercolor techniques

0:00 Source photo of a contre jour scene
1:11 Outline drawing
8:50 How to do a watercolor wash
13:25 Adding in darker values to create form in the painting
18:24 Negative painting to create shapes of umbrellas
26:50 Painting windows in a loose style
31:29 Painting a tree in watercolor in a loose style
33:41 How to paint a café with tables and chairs
39:21 Adding in darker figures in the café
50:07 How to use white paint in watercolor
53:44 Painting critique

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TIP: At the start of this video, I show my source photograph for the painting. If you want to keep referring to this during the video, then copy the URL of the video into another browser Tab or Window on your device. Run the video again, but of course pause it at the start where I show the source photo. In Chrome, you can also right-click on the tab and select ‘Duplicate’.

The paper I use and recommend is Saunders Waterford.

Видео Watercolor Tutorial - 'CONTRE JOUR' - Cafe Scene канала Tim Wilmot