Special Edition #1: City with Watercolor

You've worked on acrylic colors before, and now you are going to work on watercolor. Watercolor by itself is kind of delicate. Its colors are not thick like acrylic, but very clear (low opacity). One thing that watercolor is special for is that the paintbrush prints leave marks when it dries up. Since it's called watercolor, you need to mix lots of water to it. But for today, we are going to work on a night city.

For this project, you will need: a big piece of paper, palette, brushes (for watercolor only), watercolor paint, and a bucket with water. 

Before you start anything yet, you need to sketch first. Everything that involves art needs sketching. It's the same thing like in writing how you do your outline first, and then you write it. Imagine how a city looks like. Where I live, Seoul is a busy city, which I could see in my everyday life. But it's at night. Think about that and start sketching. Sketch for buildings that you might see. Sketch it very sloppy. Don't measure it with a ruler, and leave stupid marks on there since you are not going to release your pen. 

After you've sketched, mix (2-3) dark colored paint with water; it needs to flow, not stuck like solid. When you've mixed them, softly, paint the buildings. Don't paint the windows yet, but it's okay that the dark paint goes inside by accident. Since it is dark and cannot see well, you need to make as sloppy as you can. It's not going to look perfect, which would look very weird for this project. Don't put a lot of pressure into your wrist, and just make it free like your sketches. You need to know that tiny, rolled up papers come out when you put too much water onto your paper. When you are done, dry it well. 

There are a lot of places that leaves light in the buildings for late workers. And some aren't. So, grab a light color(s), like yellow and orange, to color sloppily in the windows. 

Dry it once again and you are all set! You could absolutely do another one if you'd like. 

Quote of the Day: "After a thousand watercolors you will find you have fallen in love with paper and paint." -Rex Brandt

What I've painted for a night city. The buildings
have their reflections in the water.