Original Watercolours by Tim Wilmot

Watercolour Demonstration - Porthleven Harbour, Cornwall

 

Here's my latest Watercolour demonstration, based on a Porthleven Harbour scene.  Sorry, but due to technical problems I had no sound on my video so I've tried to overlay some comments along the way.  Hope you get the gist of it anyway.

 

New Town Fishing Harbour, Chania, Crete 4

Chania, Crete, 22" x 15".

The 'New Harbour' at Chania.  Painting water and reflections with watercolour is mostly about timing - the first wash for the water starts light at the top and gets a bit deeper to the bottom by mixing more pigment.  After about 4-5 minutes (of course this drying time depends on so many factors like type of paper, % water content, air humidity etc...) when the wash is damp you can add in some horizontal strokes for the waves with a darker, thicker mix using a medium sized mop brush ideally not a synthetic one. I sometimes use cobalt blue and burnt sienna for this darker mix as I find that does not 'bleed' so much.  This will give that soft wave effect.  It needs a bit of practice !