Winter Night - Peter Sheeler tutorial

Not the best with watercolors?!!! 😳 You are à master Tom! All of your watercolors painting are incredibly gorgeous, so complex and so well detailed! This one doesn’t disappoint. 😍

Your sky is outstanding! The shadows of your buildings are A+++. And the buildings are so perfect! This would make a beautiful Christmas card! Amazing work my friend!!!

Thank you very much Nancy, I am glad you like it. It is all about getting back to watercolors, I was much more confident with them 2 years ago. But I made less mistakes as last time :D

Super awesome Tom! I love your watercolor pieces!

Thank you Brian. Glad you like the watercolors!

Tom you have amazing watercolor skills. This is a beauty.

Thank you Tomi, I think I can do it better after some practice.

Awesomeness!

Wow Tom! Outstanding. You’re a master of water colors. Really nice work.

Thanks Cosmo!

Thanks Bob, there will follow a lot more. I enjoy them again now.

Another beauty Tom! Love your watercolor pieces!

Thank you Sandy!

Ah Tom, another beautiful watercolour. I always enjoy them and you have inspired me to get a small watercolour paint kit, some paper and a couple of pens and give it a go with your suggested tutorial artists; between my oils. Cheers

Thanks a lot Dave, I am glad you like the watercolors. One hint I would like to give you. I would recommend you to use good paper (I use mainly Arches or W&N professional, these are 100% cotton papers) - to me the quality of the paper was the most important aspect to paint good watercolors.

Thanks Tom. I bought a 150 gsm cold pressed cheap pad just for practice stuff and a pad of Art Spectrum 300gsm cold pressed paper for painting on at this early stage. I'll go better as needed. I've also joined a Beginner Watercolour Support FB group that also has a lot of free tutorials and group mentors and support similar to my MJS FB support group. Just got to fit it all in now - but like you, a couple of pen and wash paintings a week between oil sessions will be the starting regime I think. I'll also post on TIB so any suggestions you can give will be most welcome. Cheers

Sounds great Dave. I know at the beginning everyone buys the cheap paper, and it's ok to find out if you like that medium. But if you want to go further the paper for me was the key to success.
Tomorrow I will post my new watercolor painting, I will add a second pic for all the equipment I used.
In case you have any question, feel free to ask.

Thanks Tom. My research had identified that the heavier (300-400 gsm) paper gave much better results and was well worth the investment; the Art shop only had 300gsm when I was in there on Friday. I also have grandkids that want to try so I bought some of the 150gsm for their efforts as well. Your additional picture would be great also thank you; and I look forward to your next WC painting. I'm keen to give it a go. 'Till then, Cheers.

Hi Dave, I have tested the thicker one and it is of course a pleasure to work with. But it is awful expensive. I use the 300g/m² This is sufficient. And I think it is the most used.
More important to me is the soaking effect the paper has. If the paint doesn't sink in properly you can't paint wet in wet proper. And wet in wet is an important technique for the sky. The sky is the most complex area in watercolors in my opinion. I never threw a painting away once I got the sky right, but I threw a lot of them away because the sky didn't work.

Thanks Tom, your mentoring is and will continue to be, much appreciated. Cheers

You are welcome Dave!