Painting shadows in watercolor

Where is my breakfast? (San Pietro Italy) watercolor 20 x 30 cm, Arches 300g/qm, Germany

Sunlight & Shadows in Watercolour. Inspiring and practical guide, expert advice on how to master tone, hue and shadow to create atmospheric paintings.

Urban Landscape — Yong Hong Zhong Watercolors

geoffreyteecewatercolours Another painting of the Yorkshire Dales. I think when you try and paint these scenes in watercolour you really have to be bold and take a chance. So I decided that my sky needed to be darker than the initial wash so I sloshed in a very dark grey, which I think has worked. I also took the sky over the far hills, particularly on the left in order to put that part of the painting in shadow. Some stronger shadows cast by the trees on the right helps lighten the near by…

Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Lorraine Christie - Irish painter, is a classically trained artist, who prefers to say that she is self taught as it has taken her years of living to develop her constantly evolving art. Has been a professional painter since 1990. Noted for her still-life paintings in luscious oils, Christie’s success started in her native Ireland and has spread world-wide, with her works included in many private and corporate collections in Europe, the U.S., Japan and the…