Watercolour Advice For Beginners, Monochrome Sepia Painting, Getting The Tone Right

A watercolour painting using graphite and monochrome sepia wash, a good painting technique to help you get the tones right.
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[@dng3408]

Another informative video for You Tube. And what a wonderful painting this is. Join Smoothie77 on his Patreon page. He is the best teacher on the internet and really engages with his members on the community section. Unbelievable value and expert tuition.

[@smoothie77drawingpainting]

Thank you my friend, the cheque's in the post 😀Seriously though thanks very much for this comment, I greatly appreciate it!

[@bigblue6917]

I have long loved monochrome photographs because of of the tones in the image. In fact one of the reasons for preferring black and white photography is that I find the colour destracing. I also love the shear drama of the old Film Noir images with its low key and high contract.

[@teapeaster]

Perfect info for a project I'm just about to start. Thanks, I'll subscribe

[@paulineburnett9983]

Love your suggestion to compare black and white copies of the reference photo and your finished watercolor piece.

[@smoothie77drawingpainting]

Thanks Pauline I'm glad you liked it.

[@Suid-Afrika67]

It's beautiful, thank you.

[@theBoonarmies]

You're an absolute gem Smoothie.
That's my upcoming weekend painting project set.
Cheers, all the best from Australia.

[@smoothie77drawingpainting]

Thanks Very much, Happy painting!

[@lourdesfernandez3162]

Sooooo beautiful!!!! ❤❤❤
That's a great idea using same color for the whole drawing!!! Never thought about it!!! I'm going to try.
I'm always afraid to use watercolor....afraid to ruin my drawing..
Thank you so much.

[@karatedee]

Thanks for the advice.

[@smoothie77drawingpainting]

You're welcome!

[@methywoz]

😂 I like the suggestion to hit the dislike button twice, that was clever! This painting was beautifully done, great study! Thank you for sharing your gifts with the world!

[@chriswhitehouse8982]

I liked the video and hit the like button 😀

[@artandvlog4784]

Great

[@cherryj]

I’m going to sound stupid I know but how come the graphite doesn’t smudge when the watercolour is applied?

[@smoothie77drawingpainting]

Clean water semi-fixes the graphite to the paper and stops it from smudging

[@dianerobidoux6314]

Merci pour le partage , c,est très apprécié. Bonne journée.

[@smoothie77drawingpainting]

Thank you Diane, you have a good day too!

[@edwill62]

NICE

[@smoothie77drawingpainting]

Much appreciated Ed, thank you!

[@Tugbanursanat]

👏👏💯💯💯like

[@smoothie77drawingpainting]

Thank you!

[@JeffChorney]

As usual another great video. I am teaching a course on Urban Sketching this fall and will use some of the advice you have given! 👍👍🇨🇦

[@smoothie77drawingpainting]

Thanks Jeff, I hope the course goes really well for you.👍

[@raychiesart]

You should have an instagram account Sir so many people can follow you

[@charlotte5877]

I think your jackson links broken bcs its not colored blue

[@bradfordyorks5055]

How do you keep your palette so clean?

[@smoothie77drawingpainting]

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[@chriswhitehouse8982]

He's only using one color?

[@bradfordyorks5055]

@@smoothie77drawingpainting Thanks for the link! Now to find the T Cut........

[@staffanscherloff4596]

This is more about struggling with the sketching than with the painting itself.