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As a watercolour painter there are times when
you're out and about
and suddenly you encounter a breath-taking scene that you may never see again.
If you have a camera handy you would do the obvious and take a photo but should you lack a camera,
you don't have your travel paint box or coloured pencils, what should you do?
Simple!
you put your graphite pencil or ballpoint pen to use and do a quick sketch of the scene
taking detailed notes about the actual colours you can see. This will give you a chance to apply your knowledge about the warm and cool classifications of colour because it will be almost impossible to remember each individual colour by name.
A sketch like this should not be too detailed,
remember it's not a finished watercolour painting, yet it should include the essential elements in proper relation to each other. Any hills in the background are merely outlined and if there are woods at left and right, as they get nearer, they should still be merely wiggly lines. Buildings, too, are merely indicated rather than actually constructed.
When you get back to your base of operation, make an immediate colour sketch based on the drawing and notes made on location as well as anything you may be able to remember and visualize about the scene. This procedure will give you a solid basis for a future finished
watercolour painting.
Below are examples of places I have
been and made sketches of before using the sketches to come up with the final
paintings.
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