Sneak Peek: Painting St Tropez – The Power of Simplification
Hi everyone! I am excited to share a sneak peek of the next video coming to my YouTube channel. I am tackling a beautiful scene from St Tropez, France.
If you have ever painted from a photo, you know the problem. The photo is full of too much detail. All those windows, all those roof tiles, all those tiny little things. If we copy everything, our watercolor painting ends up looking stiff and a bit boring. We don't want that.
The main lesson in this new demo is all about simplification. We are artists, and we get to choose what is important. I am going to show you how to take a busy photo and turn it into a loose, expressive watercolor. We will be focusing on seeing and painting the big connected shapes instead of all the little bits.
Look at the painting. The buildings have this wonderful warm terracotta color. But the shadow across the beach. That is what makes the painting work. I will show you how I connect the shadows from the buildings right across the sand. This joins the whole scene together and gives the painting its structure and its feeling of light.
Another thing I will show you is how to change the composition. In the original photo, the people were scattered all over the place. That looks messy in a painting. I decided to move them. I have grouped them together on the beach where the sunlight meets the shadow. This creates a strong focal point that draws your eye right into the scene. Remember, the photograph is just a starting point.
Watercolor with Tim Wilmot
Sneak Peek: Painting St Tropez – The Power of Simplification
Hi everyone! I am excited to share a sneak peek of the next video coming to my YouTube channel. I am tackling a beautiful scene from St Tropez, France.
If you have ever painted from a photo, you know the problem. The photo is full of too much detail. All those windows, all those roof tiles, all those tiny little things. If we copy everything, our watercolor painting ends up looking stiff and a bit boring. We don't want that.
The main lesson in this new demo is all about simplification. We are artists, and we get to choose what is important. I am going to show you how to take a busy photo and turn it into a loose, expressive watercolor. We will be focusing on seeing and painting the big connected shapes instead of all the little bits.
Look at the painting. The buildings have this wonderful warm terracotta color. But the shadow across the beach. That is what makes the painting work. I will show you how I connect the shadows from the buildings right across the sand. This joins the whole scene together and gives the painting its structure and its feeling of light.
Another thing I will show you is how to change the composition. In the original photo, the people were scattered all over the place. That looks messy in a painting. I decided to move them. I have grouped them together on the beach where the sunlight meets the shadow. This creates a strong focal point that draws your eye right into the scene. Remember, the photograph is just a starting point.
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