This is a video done as a supplement to a watercolor class taught by Gary Tucker in Boston. This is the sixth of a series of 8 lessons that will use various scenes of Paris as a motif. The lessons will focus on design , in particular visualizing a center of interest and using this as a means to compose the painting. In this lesson I talk about using tonal Values again to compliment your area of interest. Here I demonstrate how an artist looks beyond all the clutter and detail and thinks about their subject in terms of 3-4 tonal values...in addition we use an underpainting as well as usintaking advantage of transparent washes to create luminosity. Technically we will be focusing on graded washes in all sorts of applications. In this exercise you will notice how they work to create luminosity in the final painting.
The first painting was done using yellow ochre, cad red light, cobalt blue, b sienna and lavender....Holbein juane brilliant is used as an accent color
My Materials List:
http://www.garytuckerartist.com/gallery/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Materials-for-traveling-watercolorists.pdf
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