Improve Your Buildings in Watercolour - Part Three

The Painting & Drawing Channel is dedicated to the art of learning to paint... with a host of your favourite artists. Today, renowned artist Geoff Kersey sets the scene and explains step-by-step how to simplify a building, without overworking the details. Using an array of colours, an extra large oval wash brush and four round brushes, Geoff shows you how to create a 3-D effect with the use of shadow and how to create texture whilst producing some very interesting results. With a friendly, easy approach he aims to give you the confidence to paint architecture... the results are quite spectacular!

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[RichardHuanteDesign]

Hi! Is that a Holbein palette that he's using?

[paintinganddrawing]

@RichardHuanteDesign It's based on a Holbein palette, but it's a plastic version.

[Natalieandersson]

This is amazing, you're so talented!! :) This video was very helpful.

May I ask what brand of watercolors you're using? I'm about to buy some new ones since there isn't so much left of those I have.. and I'm planning to buy some good watercolors :) I would be very glad if you would respond

[paintinganddrawing]

@Natalieandersson Hi there, Geoff uses the SAA's very own brand of artist quality watercolours. They are available from the SAA website...thanks for watching!

[kimmobey]

A really good demo but what on EARTH is up with the bizarre sub-titles?

[paintinganddrawing]

@kimmobey The subtitles are automatically generated by Youtube using (very bad!) speech recognition software...I guess Geoff's accent is too much for it to handle.

[paintbrush0300]

this is beautiful........... painting makes me happy (:

[GuitarBoyRockingOut]

me jealous :)

[duieb]

WOW!!!!

[w4weasel]

Another detail - Shadow. On the photo is drops down from the cottages towards the trees, but on your painting it is from the trees towards the cottages.

[w4weasel]

One detail, I noticed that the window (just above the lower roof) appears to to closed on your painting, though on photograph it is open. Was this changed on purpose?

[Yudinee]

awesome video :D thanks~

[smokey2839]

what a fantastic painting! a quite ordinary photograph turned into a stunning painting, amazing!

[gohstalavi]

you must use less colors.