Step 1
“Red Desert Wonder” watercolor painting demonstration of Utah red cliffs
Step 2
As usual I began with the sky wash. In this case I wet portions of the sky and left other parts completely dry. Then I brushed the color into the […]
Step 3
While the sky was drying I brushed a wash of clear water across the foreground area and boldly dropped in mixtures of warm and cool colors, roughly indicating shapes of shrubs […]
Step 4
While the ground was drying I move to the mountains in the middle ground laying in loose washes of warm color at the top of the cliffs and letting the […]
Step 5
A close-up allows you to see the luminosity that comes from allowing the pigments to mingle while the paper is wet. When those dried completely, I cut in the blue […]
Step 6
With the basic underglazes in place I now began to tighten up the edges of the foreground shrubs and add detail to the cliffs. At this point we really get […]
Step 7
I finished up by adding darks in the foreground and throwing in touches of detail in the sand area and shrubs. “Red Desert Wonder” 14 x 20 Transparent Watercolor by […]
