Watercolour sunset - Tutorial

Watercolour sunset - Tutorial
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The colours are SO vibrant, they could be mistaken for inks! Don't have sunsets like this in my neck of the woods but do have sunrises that look a lot like this.

Thanks Janet..and, you know what, you may be right - I've checked the compass and this may well be a sunrise! I did use a reference photo. Still pleased with the result. For the record I used SAA watercolour paints.

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28/05/2019
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Students had asked for the best methods to tackle a sunset in watercolour so I did my best to break it down into a tutorial.

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Simon Roberts

Back in a previous century, I studied Technical Illustration and then worked in Drawing offices and Advertising agencies in Munich, Vienna, Bristol, and Bath. I'm now living happily in the south of France concentrating on running painting workshops and holidays with my wife Monica in France, Spain…

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