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About the author
Gary Tucker is a watercolor artist/ instructor living in the Boston area. He offers online workshops , in person workshops, and an extensive catalogue of Free watercolor videos on technique and design on
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Chapters
00:00:00 Intro
1:02:22 The Drawing
9:03:21 First Washes
18:25:22 Background and the Waves
27:19:02 Shadows and Figures
33:03:08 The Details
There is No better place to relax with family and friends than the local beach - We set up on Good Harbor Beach to paint figures at the beach, walking , playing and simply relaxing under the sun.
In todays project we try to evoke the feeling a hat and humid afternoon at the beach. We do this by using graded washes to create a feeling of light moving right to left. We create the feeling of humidity by keeping the background soft and hazy - these washes set the stage for our family of figures under the umbrella in the shade.
The main figures are dark against the lighter background - this creates the drama of a back lit afternoon sun. Luckily it makes our figures easier to paint because we can treat them as silhouettes, and paint them right over the background. It is more difficult to paint them as lighter shapes by cutting the background around the figures.
The figures themselves are poses we have practiced - figures in repose, standing figures, children at play. We create an interesting composition by staggering the figures forming groups and joining shadows. We create depth by repeating figures in the distance.