Working from photographs| Baroque Architecture

Painting a Baroque Architecture of the city of Dresden using a reference photograph. You don't have to paint everything you see from your reference photo. You could move and remove and simplify things that do not contribute to your painting.
Materials:
Watercolors: Winsor Newton Professional colors
Paper: Fabriano Artistico Extra White Rough 300 gsm
Timestamp:
00:00 Intro
00:15 My Approach with photo reference
01:06 Preliminary sketch
01:35 Start painting
05:50 Adjusting tonal values
06:37 Adding final details
07:09 Adding highlights
08:45 Outro

[@01bmw325xi]

I was stuck today,musta looked at 500 pics on Pincrest and nothing really until I was in bed and came across your unique and eye catching technique. Tomorrow I have a new inspiration! Great work and thanks.

[@UniquelyChie]

I'm glad that you have found a new inspiration!

[@lyndaranson1728]

Love your painting and the way you cropped and positioned the subjects! Thank you😊

[@UniquelyChie]

Thank you so much!

[@claudyjansenvanhetlaar3285]

I love your work and hope that there comes more of this. Greetz from Netherland

[@UniquelyChie]

Thank you very much! Yes there will be more of architectures coming soon.

[@EclecticArtEndeavors]

Beautiful picture! I love the way you approach your painting, and you definitely convey the joy you felt when you took this photo.

[@UniquelyChie]

Thank you! I do love taking photos and it provided me with lots of reference photos for painting 🙂

[@katja7042]

I like your painting a lot and recognized Our Ladys Church at the first glimpse (I live not far away). It’s great, how you choose other colours than the original and still catch the scenery and mood (even more so than sticking to the photo). I am not brave enough to do so but I will give it a try. Thank you for the inspiration!

[@UniquelyChie]

Thank you! I always experiment a little for each painting I do and with this one I was trying out the idea of different color combination. Most of the time I am not brave and in that case I will do a color thumbnail to find out if my idea works.

[@CYON4D]

Beautiful work.

[@UniquelyChie]

Thank you!

[@GrahamtheWood1]

I love your choice of colour palette. You have captured Dresden and its beautiful architecture perfectly. Please keep it up. Well done!

[@UniquelyChie]

Thank you so much!

[@WoolyJumper5]

Beautiful. Thanks for sharing

[@UniquelyChie]

Thank you so much for your support!

[@warrenthorp]

What a lovely choice of colours

[@UniquelyChie]

Thank you!

[@martinaholekova1775]

The painting is so beautiful! :)

[@UniquelyChie]

Thank you so much 😀

[@yogiyogi3047]

Thats amazing, thank you.

[@UniquelyChie]

Thank you!

[@suzannetaylor1556]

Beautiful…….

[@UniquelyChie]

Thank you!

[@aligirgin2124]

awesome 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@UniquelyChie]

Thank you so much!

[@GUITAR2426]

thank you 😀

[@UniquelyChie]

Thank you!

[@ChericeByler]

Kudos!

[@UniquelyChie]

Thank you!

[@Ney194]

Thank you for this helpful and beautiful video❤️ for me I struggle in choosing the right colour palette to use and end up depending too much on the reference photo.. any advide for this ?

[@UniquelyChie]

Hi @yara8271, after I've done all my sketches and value studies, I usually put the reference photo away when I paint to keep myself from looking at it. Hope that helps!

[@ANTONIOESTEBANAJVIXCOC]

"Excuse me, could you please tell me what brush number you're using for that piece?

[@UniquelyChie]

Hi, thanks for stopping by. I was using Winsor & Newton Cotman no. 8

[@annepercival7814]

Which blue have you used?

[@UniquelyChie]

I mainly use ultramarine blue and at times mix with a bit of payne's grey