Turn a cloudy scene into a sunny one - Watercolour demonstration by Tim Wilmot #16

Watercolour demonstration by Tim Wilmot showing how to turn a shady or dark scene into a sunny one - a harbour scene (Porlock Weir in the UK) at low tide with buildings and boats. More paintings at 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 buildings and boats. 6) Watch out for the highlighting tips at the end. More information on watercolour demos, lessons and recent paintings by Tim Wilmot can be found at