How to paint (EASY) water reflections - Full demo

Watercolor Tutorial and step by step demo of a harbour scene with easy reflections. Subject is Padstow Harbour, Cornwall UK.

This video features:
- Choice of painting subject
- Composition
- Drawing skills
- Painting reflections
- Various watercolor techniques

0:00 Source photo and composition
8:04 Outline drawing. How to draw boats and reflections
16:22 How to do a watercolor wash
28:57 Adding in darker values to create form and depth
45:06 How to paint reflections with watercolor
1:00:56 How to add details to bring the painting together
1:10:20 How to use white paint in watercolor
1:14:36 Painting critique and summary


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TIP: At the start of this video, I show my source photograph for the painting. If you want to keep referring to this during the video, then copy the URL of the video into another browser Tab or Window on your device. Run the video again, but of course pause it at the start where I show the source photo. In Chrome, you can also right-click on the tab and select ‘Duplicate’.

The paper I use and recommend is Saunders Waterford.

Brushes with the bamboo handles I use:
lebenzon-paintbrushes.com
lebenzon-paintbrushes.com/Brochure.pdf

Source photo by kind permission Peter Watts

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