Painting a Street Scene Contre Jour - Watercolor Demo by Tim Wilmot #20

Watercolour demonstration by Tim Wilmot - a street scene, contre jour (into the light or against the light) with people, buildings and cars.
More paintings at
www.timwilmot.com/
In this demo I will be covering...
1) Choice of Subject. What makes a good watercolour subject. How to simplify the scene.
2) Materials I use such as the paper. I will also cover the paints I use and the palette, plus how I hold the different brushes for different techniques.
3) Doing the outline sketch as the first step. How to draw boat shapes.
4) Doing the sky and the first wash of the background and then the foreground.
5) Shadows and details of the figures and cars.
6) Watch out for the highlighting tips.
More information on watercolour demos, lessons and recent paintings by Tim Wilmot can be found at www.timwilmot.com/

[@lilianrokushima2272]

ありがとうございます！

[@TimWilmot]

Thanks very much Lilian !!!!

[@brendamercado1914]

I've been enjoying your videos for a long time. Your real time videos make them enjoyable to view and your painting style is recognizable instantly. You're one of my favorite watercolorist to follow in youtube!

[@TimWilmot]

Thank you Angelo for your kind comments

[@murilomello8017]

Mr . Wilmot is very talented watercolorist and share his amazing loose techniques with everyone. Thanks boss.

[@TimWilmot]

Thank you Murilo

[@pjlewisful]

I really enjoyed this. Love your easy-to-listen-to way of speaking that is so interesting and easy to comprehend. You have a real talent for answering details and questions that are in the viewer's minds as you draw & paint.

[@TimWilmot]

Thank you PJ

[@lilianrokushima2272]

I rewatched the painting, gotta inspiration again.

[@TimWilmot]

Go on...give it a go!

[@Yourworstneighbour]

Thank you so much for your demos. They're all wonderful and I usually rewatch them to gather inspiration. Hope you've had a wonderful Easter, greetings from Sweden.

[@TimWilmot]

Thank you Karoline

[@mukeshtavhare9146]

Thanks Tim. Good to see the whole process of your painting

[@TimWilmot]

Thanks Mukesh

[@izakpolman6280]

Thanks Tim. So good to see the whole process of your painting, really learn a great lot from you!

[@TimWilmot]

Thank you Izak

[@akulina36]

I´ve been waiting new demo!!!! So good!!!! Thank you!!!!!

[@TimWilmot]

Thank you Elena

[@ikogan3753]

It's amazing how you paint with so limited pallete . I was thinking to add more colors to my 12 pans pallete , after watching you, I changed my mind . Thank you !

[@TimWilmot]

Glad it helped

[@annwilliams5590]

I just had a go at doing this one. Seeing the green you put on the facade of one of the back buildings, I did the same - but then realized it was too much. However, later I saw that it looked like a couple of trees - and that if I had been trying to paint two trees there, I would have made them too “tree-like”. An important lesson for me there!

[@TimWilmot]

Watercolour does that sometimes. Thanks Ann. You can have a go at my paintings and I will give you a critique in return www.screencast.com/t/67dBDqSZGR

[@Shafiq600]

Love your paint

[@TimWilmot]

Thanks

[@pocholoestremos497]

always an inspiration..Thank you Mr.Tim

[@TimWilmot]

Thank you William

[@akshaychekhalia5102]

Unbeatable Work Sir....

[@TimWilmot]

Thank you

[@tw97com]

Thank you very much, Mr. Wimlot

[@TimWilmot]

Thank you Tom

[@rajeshkhanna5950]

just amazing

[@TimWilmot]

Thanks Rajesh

[@sandrar.5911]

Me gustó mucho. Se aprecia el movimiento. Admiro su forma de cómo maneja el pincel.

[@TimWilmot]

Thank you

[@msee383]

Tim, I thoroughly enjoyed this video with limited palette. As I am a beginner, would it be possible for you to keep the reference photo on screen so one can see how you change the painting from wash to wash and compare that to the photograph, showing how you choose your colours etc.

[@TimWilmot]

I have not been able to do that without loosing the palette

[@gabriellapaparo7599]

Ciao, what paper do you se ? your watercolors are fantastic.Tanks

[@TimWilmot]

The paper I use and recommend is Saunders Waterford. @stcuthbertsmill3194 cold press 300 gms

[@Moodleprof]

Excellent

[@TimWilmot]

Thank you Philip

[@michaelyates5795]

Thanks Tim. Enjoyed yet another demo. Couple of points though. You mentioned 'thinking about the composition' so I was surprise that the first car you sketched was bang in the middle of the paper and then you left the front bollard to divide the scene in half. You also say 'thinking about is it suitable for a painting', by this do you mean, as an exercise or do you you mean 'would I hang it on my wall'?

[@TimWilmot]

Thank you and both Michael

[@TimWilmot]

Yes exactly

[@GGGG-zy3yn]

How do you take the photos of your paintings? They look like they sparkle! Do you use a flash to photograph?

[@TimWilmot]

I take the photo of my painting in bright light. Not indoors and not in bright sunlight. Sometimes I use a tripod to get a clear image. No modification of colour is done.

[@peterdeeduffield9018]

nice atmosphere and good use of limited pallet, maybe right hand side a bit undercooked

[@TimWilmot]

Thank you Peter for the feedback

[@TerryKrysak]

Another wonderful demo. May I ask where you got the plastic palette you are using in this demo?

[@TimWilmot]

Frank Herring

[@tomaszrodak]

great

[@TimWilmot]

Thanks

[@ΚωνσταντῖνοςΜιχαλόπουλος-δ5μ]

Ecxelent Mr Wilmot! I would like to ask you ... what material you used for the highlights at the end? it' s gouache?

[@TimWilmot]

Yes it is white gouache or you could use Chinese white

[@perfectstorm37]

Without being too picky.....the shadows went a bit wonky! Especially the car in the foreground.

[@TimWilmot]

Thank you for the feedback. Maybe too much wine....

[@亀田洋子-n8x]

雪降ってる風景

[@TimWilmot]

Thanks