
Hi Forum!
This picture and the whole city night landscapes are inspire me. I would like to paint it via watercolor and I don't know if it's possible to express the same look and feel by watercolor. The original picture (that is attached here) was painted in oil.
Any suggestion on how to paint this picture in watercolor?
Thank you for any help.
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I think the best method may be to texturise the panel with an impasto gel. This should render the dimensional surface texture for the light flare and the brighter tree foliage. Using tube watercolour without water should give you the required intensity of hue.
Aquapasto and Impasto Gel
These are clear products that are mixed with tube paints to give it body and dimension. It is then painted on as normal and contrasts with the usually flat appearance of watercolor paint.
Aquapasto and impasto gel is very hard to remove once dried, so keep it away from your watercolor pans and wash your brushes immediately after they've been used.
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Denis
What I love about it is the paints stay put on the paper when you lay them down. None of the smearing and running that watercolors are known for. Makes it easy to control.
You still need to start with light values and work up to the darks. Also build up the darks to the degree you want in layers. If you use tube paints, you can apply it pretty thickly, even to the point of getting impasto effects, put impasto will use up a lot of paint! I like the idea of getting the impasto with gesso to save on paint.
Give hot press paper a try. My opinion is that it is perfect for this subject!
Here's one I did while learning this technique based on a tape by Anna Mason. She's almost as good a teacher as Mark is!