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I've
painted this scene in watercolour and oils, now it's time for the
watercolour pencil treatment. Druridge Bay is only a 10-minute drive
from my home in Acklington, Northumberland. It's one of the finest beaches
in the UK, painting it is always a pleasure.
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Essential
Supplies
The items you will need to complete this scene are as
follows:-
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For this next project,
again a very simple big washy type drawing/painting. And again I’ve
started out with my single outline drawing using my cool grey.
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For the distant sand
dunes I am using a little bit of blue-grey to start off with and just
literally scribbling in. Just like any other pencil the harder you press
on, the darker the pencil is going to be.
Now on top of this
a few scribbly bits of yellow ochre. There are a lot
more colours in sand dune grasses than you would imagine. So I'm starting
off with a little bit of yellow ochre here and there, followed by a few
touches of light red and these really are just scribbly marks.
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And now a few bits of a
lovely light green called leaf green, followed by some nice strong Hooker's
green dark and what a mess it really does look. |
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Now for the beach,
very simply using the side of the pencil stroke over. On top of that I
am doing the same with a little bit of blue-grey to darken the beach
down a little bit. |
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For the sea, remembering
this is Northumbrian sea not the south of France, I am using blue grey
with a touch of Hooker's green on top here and there.
Leave some of the
under white paper showing through between the strokes, then a few harder
edges here and there with the sharp of the pencil. |
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Now again straight
in with the sky and for this one I am using coeruleum blue which is a
lovely light blue. And then again coeruleum blue, a touch harder, in
other words taking more colour off the stick, for the impression of a
few clouds all done whilst the sky is still wet.
Now as before simply
wet the areas that I have pre drawn. Merging all the colours in together
and when it comes to the sea remembering to leave some of that white
under paper showing through. Once the colours are merged together what a
really lovely sea colour the two laid on top of each other gives you.
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In this one I am also
leaving a few of my hard squiggly lines in the sand dunes showing as
hard squiggly lines, to indicate a little bit of interest and movement
on the foreground grasses. Now I need this to dry ever so slightly
before I go in with a few shadow colours. |
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Now I’m using a little
bit of purple-grey stroked off the pencil and literally a few blobs to
create shadow here and there. Now this is a very powerful colour so don’t
go mad. Also whilst in with this technique I have added a few touches of
Hooker's green, again stroked off with the pencil with the wet brush.
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Voila, all done! |
