Step 1
Lake Powell is one of my favorite painting subjects. I love to paint rocks, and I love to paint water. I can indulge myself in both at Lake Powell in […]
Step 2
I first lightly sketched in the shapes of the cliffs using a 4h pencil, then started the painting by using a wet into wet technique to paint the sky area. […]
Step 3
The sky is done wet-in-wet using Ultramarine blue, Cad red light, and Yellow Ochre. I allow the pigments to mingle freely on the paper to get the grays of the […]
Step 4
You can see the shapes start to form as I add darker values in the shadow areas. Notice how I reduce the values on the distant cliffs to give them […]
Step 5
With the cliffs in place I can begin working on the water. I am careful to leave places where the water surface is broken by ripples and waves and the […]
Step 6
I am using a smaller round brush to paint detail in the reflections. The pallettes are made by Eldajon.
Step 7
With the small brush I fill in some of the white areas that I left using the negative painting technique. I am using mostly Ultramarine blue with a touch of […]
Step 8
Next to the watercolor painting is my thumbnail value study and a reference photograph that I shot at Lake Powell. I usually tape them to my board while working for […]
Step 9
“Lake Powell Memories”, 14″ x 21″ Transparent Watercolor by Roland Lee.
