Watercolor Windmill Painting Supplies

Series Summary

The art of watercolor painting has been practiced since the time of the ancient Egyptians, when frescoes were created by a process of applying water-based pigments to wet plaster. Watercolor painting also has a rich history in Chinese and Japanese art, and has been used to add color to beautifully illuminated manuscripts in cultures throughout the world. What we think of as modern watercolor painting began to develop in the 1500s with Albrecht Durer's landscape studies. The popularity of this medium spread and spawned many disciplines of watercolor painting, including the 17th century British school and the California style of the 1920s. Learning to paint with watercolors is therapeutic and simple. In this free instructional painting video series, an art teacher will walk you step by step through the process of painting a beautiful windmill. Learn how to prepare your paints, sketch your windmill, and work from the background to the foreground. Also, discover new and interesting techniques for creating texture and dimension. Whether you are just beginning to paint or are a dedicated student, creating a wonderful piece of art is at your fingertips.

Video Transcript

"Right now we're going to do a painting of a windmill. It's probably in a Mediterranean country. It's got some warm colors in it and the paints we're going to use are going to be primary red, which is basically naphthol red or cadmium red. We could even use permanent rose, which is a darker red. Cobalt blue and yellow. Plus we'll need Pane's gray as well. Brushes. We're going to need like a number ten brush with a fine point on it. It needs to have a fine point. When you wet it, it needs to come to a sharp point like this. And this one is synthetic and natural Kolinsky red sable. You can use anything from a size six round to a size fourteen, but I think a ten is the right size for this painting which is going to be six by nine."