Hello everyone! Today I am going to share how I painted a lobster shack in watercolour. I did use another medium as well but only for a small part of detailing. I had many art prompts written on colourful popsicle sticks and I picked one so I don't have to think long on what to paint.
I picked a popsicle from my art prompt jar and this is what I got. My theme for the artwork should be related to fishing or lobster shack.
Tools and Materials
- a watercolour paper
*watercolour paint - a container filled with water
- a HB pencil
- a small round brush
- colour pencils
The Process
This is the drawing I did using a pencil. I drew as many lobster buoys as I could so I can incorporate more colours in the artwork later on.
I painted the sky first in sky blue. I used the wet on wet technique to get it painted. I painted the sky with just water first so it gets damp. Then I added the colour to it. It was a single layer of paint with a lot of water.
The sky layer turned to be very damp so I had to wait for it to dry before moving on to other parts around it. Hence I painted the wooden ground next. I just used the same wet on wet style to get the paper damp first and went in with the golden brown colour.
I was bored of only using two colours on most of the surface of the art. So, I painted the chimney next in red. I tried mixing colours to get different shades of red.
These are some bushes in the background that I painted in green.
I painted the wooden door next. This is what I got so far. I think I made a mistake by adding purple to it because I wanted to use different shades for it. I guess I have to make adjustments later on.
I added more colours to the door here. It was fun to mix different colours to create different shades of brown as I only had one brown in my set of 12 colours. I had to paint it with intervals and let each layer to dry out to avoid the cauliflower effect.
This is how my table looks :D I know it looks a little messy but that is just part of the process of creating art. I need all my paint and tools to be right there where I work so I don't need to keep searching for them once I start working in an artwork.
The following are the rest of the process where I gradually added more and more layers and paint each part of the artwork.
I repainted the sky over the first layer with a darker shade of blue for some gradient effect. The same goes to all the other regions like the sea and the bushes at the back. I mixed many shades of browns for the wooden floor and the whole structure as well. I kept the floor warm so that it brightens the image.
On the other hand, I kept the structure a little darker so that the colour contrasts with the lobster buoys hung all over it. This brings out the bright colours more. I added darker shades for the chimney shadows as well and drew the bricks with paint. Eventually, I painted all the lobster buoys and used almost all the colours I have. In order to maintain precision and keep the painting less messy, I drew the fishing net and hook strings using walnut brown and grey colour pencils.
This is the final outcome. It is the same picture as the previous one but this was taken during the day under natural light.
Thank you for dropping by and I wish that you have a wonderful day ahead =)