Live Lessons: "City Street" - Line and Wash
This lesson series features:
4 Hours of Instruction
4 Videos
About This Lesson Series...
A four-part lesson series on combining pen and ink applications with watercolor washes. The initial sketch is laid out using a modified and quick version of perspective with graphite. Loose pen and ink applications are made over the graphite sketch. A complex scene is simplified by removing elements that would make the image too busy. Watercolor washes are added, exploiting a complementary color scheme.
Here's what you'll need...
- 140 lb. coldpress watercolor paper
- Ink pens
- Watercolor paints
- Graphite pencil
- Nylon brushes
- Water
Your composition is too hard. I’ll just watch you.
I love your lesson. this one is so beautiful 🙂
Thanks Sumana!
Hi!
Very thourough demonstration,but I miss the exact content of the coulors.Is that possible?
I have just finished learning this lesson 😊 . it’s first time I can do a watercolor painting like this 😊😊 I’m happy to watch my painting for hours but I love your painting more !
Thank you For lessons! You’re the best teacher ! 😊
Love your lessons, you have a wonderful way of doing things. Your studio is better than that black curtain. Also, love hearing about your family.
great class I just took it Dec 2017 Merry Christmas
Loving this. Thank you!
This is a great lesson Matt, I am an Urban Sketcher and want to improve my drawing and watercolour. This helped a lot of stuff I already know fall into place. Happy Christmas for this year 2019😄
Would love to see more in this Urban Sketching style.
Me too.
I love this “urban sketching” style lesson, thank you so much. Please post some more urban sketching lessons!
So, for fear of biting off more than I can chew, roughly what experience level would you recommend this for?
Hi Nicole,
This lesson is suitable for beginners and intermediate artists. You can do it. You have to try even the things that seem difficult.
I’ve watched a number of your live lessons (only past ones) and love to listen to you wisdom, chatter and giggles. I try to follow along as best I can. I think these live lessons are wonderful because they give a true (more or less) indication of how long it can take to complete a piece. I’ve learnt to slow down and learnt to accept my result as being OK but always with room for improvement. For this Chinese streetscape I’ve roughly traced my first effort so I can repeat it, taking it to a different level – hopefully a better one than the last. After dabbling aimlessly for years my son challenged me to do a drawing everyday for one year. I accepted and after a month or so I was scratching around to find something to draw, that is until I found your website. I joined and have never regretted. I’ve been meaning to thank you as I’ve definitely improved. Tonight’s completed drawing was number 233. I haven’t missed a day so far. Some drawings have taken several days to complete, of course, otherwise I’d be close to completing 365. After each tutorial I try to complete 2-3 drawings of my own using what I learned then I’m keen to move onto something new. But I do love graphite, pen and ink, coloured pencil and ink and wash.