Rock watercolor

Rock On, watercolor, 18"x24"

Watercolor Painting by Dennis Pendleton. Two days ago I taught an online workshop where we painted rocks and explored the different settings where they are found. I did this painting in the last 90 minutes of the workshop and the other artists worked along with me creating their own version. I would like to thank all the artists who took the workshop and express the pride I felt when each one showed their painting. When painting rocks, it is important to consider that each one has it's own…

​Practice makes perfect… Right ? I find that it’s just as true with watercolor painting as it is with anything else. I get a lot of pleasure painting even simple patterns with watercolors. Each time I pick up a brush and start painting I feel like I’m getting to know my paints a little bit

Rocks

Watercolor Painting Practice : Basic Landscape Elements Hi everyone! After practicing just “landscapes” in general - going from simple black and white value studies to color - I thought that it would be helpful to tackle individual elements. If you haven’t, please check out my very first “study

Watercolor artist and instructor Julie Gilbert Pollard illustrates how to paint rocks successfully, whether on land or in the sea. So you can confidently paint the various pebbles, rocks and boulders you might encounter on your landscape adventures.

Reference shot for demo. I may eliminate buildings... Up to you. :) reference photo , drawing with masking fluid remember to keep Lines light and distant hill sky is pale purple and pink mix on top pull down with clear water and then pale yellow laid in to bottom of sky . First I put in a light purple blue wash on distant hill making sure the top edge is jagged implying small tree tops ,then I put first layer of green on hill, to allow hill to dry. I then mixed a darker purple blue wash for…

Training=)

In this post we'll take a look at how to paint convincing watercolor rocks and rock textures in watercolor. Only two brushes and three colors are required to