VW Van Sunset Take+Paint

Take + Paint

5×7 Pre-drawn motif | 140 lb Watercolor Paper | Waterproof Ink for Steadfastness

Use the finished Painted version for inspiration or create your own unique piece.

VW Van Hints Using Tropical Set: Use Ocean or a Blue for Van, Mix Ocean+Hibiscus for black of tires. Add more Water for grey of metal. Use Coconut + a little tiki for sand.  Mix hibiscus+a little sunset for “orange” Sun, Mix island+Ocean for Blue of the ocean. Use a left to right stroke for the water, leaving some white of the paper and add layers. Add ocean through the windows of the Van. After are not too wet, add sun color in a few areas of the ocean etc. After the Sun and Van are dry, add a thin layer of water and paint the sky in Hurricane color, while wet, add watered down Reef and Sun mix to the sky using stokes left to right.  Go back over some of the lines with a .07 or .05 pencil to give better definition.

For Woodlands Set: Sun Mix Daylight+a little Foxberry, Sandstone for Sand, Shadow for tires, Mix stream and Pond for Ocean, Use watered down stream for sky, Mix Foxberry+Stream for a Purple.

Hints:

To Apply: either use wet paint on your dry paper (wet on dry) or put a thin layer of water in an area and then add the wet paint (wet on wet)

You can add more pigment to a wet area in the same color or add a in another color and the paint will disperse for texture

You can wait until the first layer dries and then add another layer of that same color or add another color that compliments your painting or to add a shadow.

Do not paint right next to an already painted area that is still damp, or the two paints will bleed into one another. wait until one area is dry and then paint next to it. also, paint from left to right and top to bottom as much as possible to avoid putting your hand in wet paint or smearing.

You can “erase” paint mistakes by adding dabbing with a paper towel and/or using a clean brush to work the pigment up with a little added water (use a small tip brush) and dab with a clean paper towel carefully not to disrupt other areas of wet paint. wait for that to dry before reapplying more pigment, otherwise the new application will run to the damp area.

Mixing colors:

Lather your pan color and move it to your pallet area. so the same for several colors. clean your brush between colors. then mix a little at a time to achieve your new color.

Mix the colors in your Pallet to achieve the tones you like. Remember that mixing two complimentary colors to deepen the colors. ie. If you want a deeper red add 1/4 green to deepen. to Deepen Green add 1/4 Red. You can also mix some brown into your brighter colors to tone them down.

If you need a grey or black you can mix a dark blue and bright orange 3/4 Blue and 1/4 orange and keep adding one or the other. Add water to to make a grey.

+Basic Sets & 12 pan Palettes are available for purchase on-line or at Painted Tree in Matthews, NC

1813 Matthews Township Pkwy Matthews, NC 28105