Street Scene Secrets - A Watercolor Demo by Tim Wilmot #24

Things to think about when painting a street scene to make it a little more convincing - Don’t have ghostly streets with no people or cars! Starting from a reference photo, I cover the key elements of an urban scene - this time based on the French town of Bergerac. More paintings at In this demo I will be covering... 1) Choice of Subject. What makes a good watercolour subject and street 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 figures and a car. 4) Doing the sky and the first wash of the background and then the foreground. 5) Shadows and details of the buildings and people. 6) Watch out for the ’sword’ brush at the end and highlighting tips. More information on watercolour demos, lessons and recent paintings by Tim Wilmo