Take Control of Watercolor Timing to Paint Dynamic Scenes [Paint This Sky!]

Dec 23, 2024

Learning what is happening on your paper and the timing of your watercolor process makes all the difference!

This is what today's video is all about - mastering the timing necessary to paint a beautiful sky!

How to Paint This Sky

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Supplies You'll Need

I am painting on Saunders Waterford Cold Press 140lb paper, and I have my surface tilted to 35 degrees.

I use a variety of brands of brushes but mainly stick to a large mop, medium round and smaller synthetic brush with a point. If you would like to purchase some of the brushes I feature in this video you can take a look at my Amazon Affiliate link: https://www.amazon.com/shop/m.white.art

Here are the list of pigments on my palette:

  • Burnt Sienna
  • Cadmium Red
  • Cadmium Yellow
  • Medium
  • Cerulean Blue
  • Cobalt Blue
  • Cobalt Teal Blue
  • Cobalt Turquoise
  • Lavender
  • Neutral Tint
  • Payne's Gray
  • Quinacridone Gold
  • Raw Sienna
  • Raw Sienna Light
  • Raw Umber
  • Rose Madder Permanent
  • Ultramarine Blue

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