AWW Painting Front Beach in Rockport MA
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- Front Beach Rockport MA
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About the author
Gary Tucker is a watercolor artist/ instructor living in the Boston area. He offers online workshops , in person workshops, and a catalogue of watercolor videos on technique and design
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Abut the Demo
This beach is at the other end of Rockport from Motif #1. Past Tucks Candy store and Bearskin neck. Small beach which would fill quickly in the warm months.This beach is surrounded by a seawall and big homes which will be part of our design - the background. The major shape is the bright sandy beach which has a diagonal movement and interesting edges where it mets with the ocean and the deep shadows on either side. At the very end some umbrellas rise up against the dark rocks - a highlight in the design forming a center of interest . The figures are added randomly enjoying the typical beach poses.
In todays painting we are doing a very luminous scene - the sun is bright and we are oceanside in the small village of Rockport. Because we are near the water on such a bright sunny day the light is brilliant on surfaces like the beach and umbrellas - while in the shadows light is bouncing creating luminosity. Watercolor is perfect for creating this effect of light because of its transparency and the ability to create smooth transitions in washes.
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A Graded wash
A graded wash is a wash that changes over its length growing darker or lighter or changing into another color. It is one of the fundamental techniques in watercolor and can be useful in a variety of ways. For example in todays work we use the graded wash in the sky to emphasize the change as the sky moves to the horizon, or we also use it in the shadowed buildings to create a feeling of luminosity Also we use it on the beach to create depth.
THANK YOU Gary Tucker. Good to hear from you again.Tom
Thx Tom - More to come!
Great work sir ❤
So nice of you
Love it
Many thx Luca
Great piece Gary! Loved how you sprayed into the gouache and made it dissolve into the figures. Very moody scene!
Glad it was helpful
Beautiful!
Thank you!
I enjoyed watching this, thank you Gary. I like the way your base colours always shine through the top coats. Mine often turn out muddy somehow. I must practice painting figures now - your 'blobs' always look so much like people in various positions. Amazing.
Thanks Barbara,
One of the keys is to paint that underlayer with some strength in color, and then the second layer without many brush strokes. This gives you a good chance to retain the luminosity.
Other than that, choosing complementary hues, for example, orange, followed by blue or red, followed by green, these tend to produce more luminosity.
@@GaryTuckerArtist Thank you for the tips!!
Thank you Sir!❤
Most welcome!
Thank you Gary! Great painting. What do you use to erase the pencil graphite so clean? Would like to know the material and product. Thanks in Advance!
Thank you - usually I use a white mars white eraser - sometimes a kneaded eraser generic brand
I am in awe. Question: couldn’t you just paint the figures in later rather than drawing them in
Helen,
Absolutely you can do that and sometimes that has a fresher, feel, however, for a demonstration I thought it was useful to show my thoughts on organizing the figures with the drawing - also if you’re new to figures, drawing them, gives you a little more confidence to paint them well!
@@GaryTuckerArtist I would love to sign up for your class starting this month but not sure if I qualify as an intermediate. Is there a rule of thumb?
Hi Helen - if you have some experience with drawing and watercolor you will be fine - I have a number of students like this as well as more advanced and it creates a good dynamic...
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@@GaryTuckerArtist terrific! I’m very excited!
is this piece for sale? I do not see it on your website.
Thank you for your interest - This one sold before I could upload - thank you for asking