Watercolour Sketch Tips for a Rainy Day

Let’s try using the techniques we use at Erin Hill Sketching.
One colour goes over another. No premixing.
What you’ll need:
Sketch book,A4 or A5 (110gsm is fine)
Black permanent pen. No3.
White Chinagraph or glassograph wax pencil.
Watercolours with the colours I used for this sketch.
1. Yellow Ochre 2. Cadmium Red 3. Burnt Umber 4. Ultramarine 5. Purple Lake 6. Permanent Rose 7.Cerulean 8. Burnt Sienna 9. Sap Green 10. Hookers Green Dark.

No 1
This sketch is done at a Food Truck in France. It has foreground, middle distance and background, giving you depth. The chef grew everything himself and you eat whatever he was creating that day. Truly a great spot .

1.Start by copying the sketch, either freehand or tracing.
2.Put in the black hatching with your pen where you see it.
3. Apply your wax pencil on top and sides of truck, over the tops of the people, tree etc - refer to the top sketch for where to put this.
4. Put a wash of all your colours out on your palette so that they are ready to use.
5. Start with a Wash of Yellow Ochre as above.

No2
1.Now add your wash of Cad Red over the Yellow Ochre - just where you see it.
2. Run a little Burnt Umber wash over the tree trunk and branches.

No3

1.Add some Ultramarine wash where you see it on the truck. Add some to the tree trunk.
2.Pop some Burnt Umber on the chicken, plus a touch of Ultramarine. Give her Cad Red crop and beak.

No4
1. Now for some darks. You’ll be using Purple Lake and Ultramarine in the windows with a little Cad Red.
2. Ultramarine where the chef is cooking.
3, Cerulean round trims, grill and head lights.

No5

1.Now for the people - a little wash of Burnt Sienna on skin. Darker on her hair.
2. Cad Red touch on cheek and her pants. Also on wine bottle. dabs on the chicken body.
3.ultramarine wash on her shirt, and a dash on his.
4. Purple lake wash over her shirt, and a tiny stroke on his. And seat cover.
5. Burnt Umber on chairs and his trousers.

No6

Completing the colour now.
1. Get your Sap Green wash and apply on tree, grass under their feet, Behind the truck and far hills.
2. Hookers Green dark on tree and behind truck. Anywhere else you think you’d like it to go.
3. Permanent Rose on the roses. A little on the truck window.
4. Ultramarine in doorways, under wheels and chairs. Round the truck carefully and over the truck where there is sky and leaves. A light wash over the far hills, along with some pale Purple Lake.
5. complete the sketch with Ultramarine dots on her shirt.
6, Viola. You’re done. Congratulations.

Her’s the finished sketch again. Do post your version on our Facebook page. Erin Hill Sketchers.

Happy Sketching.