How To Plan Your Watercolour Washes

PLANNING WASH SEQUENCES AND MANAGING EDGES
Video 3 - First Washes, Sky & River

This is the third in a series of videos where I will show you how I paint a complex scene in watercolour - the River Arun in Sussex. As the series progresses, you will see the painting develop from start to finish, demonstrating how important it is to plan your wash sequences and learn techniques to help you manage the edges of shapes and elements in any watercolour painting.

In this video, I approach two different areas of the painting separately - the sky and the river. Using wet-on-wet washes to establish the pale tones in the painting, I keep the edges soft, allowing for further definition as the painting progresses.