[Roofs of the world: watercolor, pastel, markers] Part 7

amalinavia (67)in #elegance • 6 years ago

So I began my course on drawing the roofs of different cities in the world. The course is constructed in such a way that simultaneously lessons are given in three directions and on the same topic. I decided that I will sum up the method of comparing different techniques within a single topic. I will paint with watercolor, pastel and markers.
The first part is under the link:
[Roofs of the world: watercolor, pastel, markers] Part 1
[Roofs of the world: watercolor, pastel, markers] Part 2
[Roofs of the world: watercolor, pastel, markers] Part 3
[Roofs of the world: watercolor, pastel, markers] Part 4
[Roofs of the world: watercolor, pastel, markers] Part 5
[Roofs of the world: watercolor, pastel, markers] Part 6

Today I paint with a watercolor «Nevskaya palitra». I draw on Moulin du Roy. And from the very beginning I did not like the way the sky lay on paper (with some kind of pellets and stains) ... but after drying, the incomprehensible pigment spots disappeared ... so I do not understand what it was)) I usually draw on Saunders Waterford and there I do not watch that, but today I was too lazy to cut the roll into sheets, and the Moulin du Roy sheet was already ready for work!

I start to work with the sketch. I have a picture of the roof, but it's empty. The teacher allowed me to somehow revitalize her, so I will have two seagulls on the roof. Since the gulls are lighter than the sky, I will use a masking liquid - I cover the seagull with a masked liquid.

Now I turn to the sky and the sea. I turn the sheet 180 degrees and place the sheet at an angle to the table so that the water drips from the sheet. I can get a more beautiful gradient due to the fact that the water itself flows down. The sky will be lighter near the roofs and the sea. I use blue, cadmium lemon, ultramarine and cadmium orange. Before applying the paint to the paper, I wet the necessary area with clean water.

I add emerald paint to the palette and paint the sea on still wet paper. In those places where I have a belfry, I remove the excess paint with a damp synthetic brush.

Now I take cadmium orange, red, ultramarine, burnt sienna and changing the color periodically, I make prints with a brush on the shingles. I use a flat brush of different sizes.

I turn to the chimney. I make a shade based on natural sienna and yellow ocher. I add purple and ultramarine to the shade. In the shadow under the roof, I add the burnt sienna to the mixture. The same colors I use to draw a belfry. For the bells I take the emerald and plan them. I'll work on the shadows after this layer dries.

I breed all the same colors of watercolors and fill the roofs in the foreground. I wait for the paper to dry out a little and add the shingles. They spread a little, and it's wonderful. I add shadows to the belfry and under the roof.

Now I turn to the details and work out the chimney.

I work on seagulls. I use ultramarine and burnt sienna. In those places where the seagull has black plumage, I add a drop of neutral black paint. The main thing to remember that you can not make deaf black spots!

I return to the roof and continue to work through the details. I add some more paint to the roof tiles. I take the brush-liner and draw lines along which the shingles lie.

What struck me was the number of brushes I used in this work. This is a record for me, I usually draw the whole picture with 1-4 brushes. I will not say that I liked this moment, but it was very unusual to choose a brush for the size of the tile. And most of all I was pleased with the brush-liner. I have it in the kit for a long time, but I did not use it.

I like the piece on the left side of the sheet, but the right part is somehow empty ... May be I can sign the place where the photo was taken? What do you think?..

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