How to Paint a Rainy Street Scene in Watercolour
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- A Step-by-Step Guide on How to Paint a Rainy Street Scene in Watercolour by Professional Artist Paul Clark
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Good morning Paul , you never cease to amaze us !!! This will be a fun little exercise I can’t wait to see the album fill up! Thank you always Paul , May God continue to bless you and Margot and keep you healthy and safe !!! ❤
Very kind - thanks Gretchen
Thank you Paul for an amazing video! You do a great job explaining and also including information on the video visually. It shows the time and care that you take putting it together. The subject and technique was also amazing! Inspiring!! Great job and I look forward as always for another post. 🎨🖌️☀️🌙⭐️🌎
Glad you enjoyed it!
It's always amazing to me how adding those few little highlights at the end with the white pastel pencils really seem to make the paintings come to life. Another wonderful piece of art, thank you for sharing and giving Wednesdays such a great start!
Thank you! Cheers!
Wow, never tried an urban picture before and this one certainly looks a challenge, but as you say "what could possibly go wrong" . If it does go a bit pear shaped then there seems to be a lot of drying interludes that may involve a bit of gin. I have to say Paul, I have watched and tried to do justice to many of your paintings, in my humble opinion you are one of the best artists on TH-cam, not only because of your fantastic paintings but the fact that you show every step of the way in detail, not that many go to so much trouble, and you also have a great sense of humour. I can not sketch for love nor money so it is so kind that you share your sketch's. Please keep up the good work, I always look forward to my Wednesdays. Cheers Brian.
I totally agree!!! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
Watercolor Wednesday finally!! Been waiting all week for today and, as usual, you brought us another amazing piece. I’ve never painted a scene like this before but I certainly want to “give it a go!” You make it look so easy. I really appreciate how you take the time to explain color mixing techniques. I’m not a trained artist and I learn by doing and watching tutorials. Thank you for your time and effort- now looking forward to next Wednesday!
So pleased to hear Angie - thanks!
I am just starting out in painting. At the age of 64. I loved your ‘teaching’ video. Thank you ever so much. Greetings from Wet and Rainy Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia!!!
What a lovely painting!! And I really enjoyed watching you paint it. The lifting out to create the lights is so helpful. I’ve been commissioned to paint a lighted Christmas tree. So this technique might help achieve that light coming from the tree.
Would love to see all three of your paintings side by side. Each one I’m sure is unique.
Funny thing it’s been raining here for days now. Which is good because we’ve had a horrible drought. Not too good for the rainiest city in the US.
Wishing you and Margot a mauvilous and blessed day. 🙏🏻💜
Lovely - thanks as always Jacquline!
The colors you mixed give a charming effect on the mood of the painting. A terrific way to illustrate rain falling on the streets. Many thanks to you again for another stunning piece of art and another great Wednesday of watercolor.
I can not express how much I am in love with ur works and video explanation!!! Thank u so much for opportunity to see it all
My pleasure 😊 many thanks Anna!
Wish one day to join ur painting holiday plain air @@ArtbyPaulClark )
Reflections are one of my favorite things to paint wonderful tutorial I can almost hear the pitter patter of the rain. Cheers.
What a gorgeous painting. Love the colours(my favourite in watercolours), just wish I knew how to photoshop. Intensifying the colours on the right made the whole painting pop. You have just demonstrated, once again, that less is more(the buildings) which looks far more realistic. Thank you for generously sharing your amazing talent.👏👏
So pleased you enjoyed it!
Wow the contrast of the figures … soo stunning… there is nothing in this pic that isn’t spectacular. The left umbrella with light on top…beautiful…
Wow, thank you!
With a few adjustments, this became my son and daughter in law, walking in their college town. Adding a nice frame and their anniversary gift is complete. The first time I ever actually waited for my paper to dry every time you said. I need to add a mini fridge to my art room for those breaks. 😉 A wonderful afternoon. Thank you
That is awesome!
It was very hard and frustrating for me, but I've done it! Thank you for this tutorial ❤
You’re welcome 😊 yes, this one is fairly difficult but glad you finished it!
Really appreciate a tutorial that does not take too long to finish. Looking forward to doing this one.
This is the first rainy painting that I would give house room to . Most are a depressing black and white (with a bit of red) . This one looks quite cozy, works well and is very appealing .
Glad you enjoyed it!
Your rainy cityscape is my favorite! I can’t wait to try this one
Hope you enjoy it!
Great. I'm glad to be back I became a bit disillusioned with my work, but you have just given a reason to continue. Thanks
Wow! What an amazing tutorial and artwork. Thanks for the lesson on how to mix purples. And I love how you have captured the light, shadows and reflections. You are truly gifted!
Thank you! Cheers!
Wow Paul you pulled another rabbit out of the hat with this one, so atmospheric I felt the rain i was so engrossed when l looked down I had spilt some coffee down my trousers!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Love the picture, the two figures, which looked so simple todrawand paint, looked like they would be walking off the paper at any minute, so clever.
Great to hear - thanks!
Another masterclass, which is so interesting just to watch. The best part is that your students ask the right questions, and all your TH-cam subscribers benefit. It's the perfect combination: talent and live students.
Thanks again Paul for stretching me, being one who often gets too bogged down in detail ! 🙏😀👍
My pleasure!
I was very down at a stage of my life. It was during my early motherhood. Somehow I started out watercolor and you were my comfort space. Now its been some two years since that and i got busy with my job. Coming back to seeing you I feel very much connected with paul clark like a caring father I never had who teaches with kind and love. Thank you for sharing your work sir, I respect you and your partner for doing this :)
Thanks so much for this lovely comment - delighted to help in anyway!
those purples really are so beautiful ❤❤
Thanks so much!
Every time you showed the finished painting in the corner I thought it was the reference photo! That's incredible. The detail you got on the backpacks without really having many details at all... that's mind blowing. I have learned so much from your book and your tutorials. A thousand thank yous.
Thank you so much! - delighted to help!
Absolutely beautiful. Very mauvey and moody indeed. That has been one of my favorite tutorials, I love that atmospheric feel in a painting. Thank you for sharing that.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks so much, Paul! When I woke up today I said "Yes!" and gave the day a thumbs up because I knew it was watercolor Wednesday!
You are so welcome
I'm gonna stay in on a Saturday night and binge-watch Paul Clark videos. Wild weekend plans! Thanks for a great video and for generously sharing your knowledge!
My pleasure - hope you enjoy them!!!!
Purple gin for the win! Love this scene and eager to give it a go. Thanks!
This is an amazing painting. I absolutely love it. For me it's the best I've ever seen you do.
Thank you so much 😀
🤩Love it. I admire that the vivid green of the tape doesn´t bother you.
Thank you! 😊 - very kind of you!
Hi Paul, I am delighted to see your watercolor tutorial! Thank you for sharing your mastery with us! I hope you and Margot are staying warm in rainy weather ♨️
Thank you! You too!
Loved watching this. Just started painting again at 77.After 60+ years in Surrey, I'm basking in 30° and sunshine here in South Australia. Blue seas, red parched earth and cliffs, hazy mountains and some green farmland.
My lord. This was gorgeous. Love the purple. Just shows what tools in the right hands can produce.
Brilliant tutorial, can’t wait to try it 👏🏻👏🏻⭐️⭐️
Hope you enjoy it!
Having been away from the art scene for a while I was electrified to come across a glimpse of this tutorial and decided to watch it then and there.
It was mesmerising, to say the least and Paul , your urban cityscapes are always a cut above all that I see around .
Congratulations, with a request for more.
Thanks ... and will do!
Paul, thank you so much for such an inspiring tutorial! I love this dampness in the air, this floating, elusive light and magical shades of mauve!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great exercise. I'm just getting started with WC, but I'll try this. Thank you so much!
Hope you enjoy!
I am always in awe of your artistry. Thank you for your excellent teaching methods and explanations during your presentations. My hat goes off to great artists such as yourself.
So nice of you
So atmospheric even without the sounds effects!? It’s mesmerising to watch you bring the painting out of the white paper? I’ve learn more about watercolour paining from you in the last few weeks than after years of trying and having lessons! Keep up the good work!
Thanks so much - delighted to help!
What an illuminating tutorial. Thank you so much! The painting looks so real that I can almost feel the rain! ☔
Thank you so much 😀
bonsoir Paul, ces mauves sont superbes, j'adore vos couleurs. Les personnages se détachent de votre peinture, splendide. Merci pour toutes ces belles leçons. 😍
Merci Florence!
My pleasure!
I have made the lavander field by watching your video. Right now i couldnot afford high quality material. So i just use normal drawing sheet and $4 paint from supermarket. And i just got amazed. It turned iut so so beautiful. I wish i could attach the picture here. Thank you so much for amazing tutorial.
Thanks for sharing
Hello Paul. I have so enjoyed watching your videos over the past 3 years or so! I took watercolor for my illustration major several years back but hadn't really used it much until about six years ago. I found a very good teacher locally that offered workshops a couple times a year. Up to that point I didn't know how enjoyable watercolor could be. Much to my chagrin, he retired. I was grateful to have come across your TH-cam channel shortly thereafter so as to keep progressing. I have been able to do a few of your pieces but have also found, that by watching you weekly videos, I have more confidence in doing picture of my own. You have a teaching style that simplifies things so even an unseasoned water-colorist like myself can follow along. Thank you so very much for sharing your knowledge and expertise of the watercolor medium!!!
Thanks for your comment - and delighted to help!!!
This is way above my level but I can't resist giving it a go - the colour is GLORIOUS. And a veritable feast of techniques, too...
Many thanks!
Thank you! We live in a very dry area of our country! Very inspiring and informative as always! We value your help as always! Layer upon layer and spritzing for texture! Awesome!
So nice of you
The figures look so real!
I love this! I've been doing sketches and studies of rainy day scenes like this recently. Those darker values you applied at the end pulled me right into the scene with more depth, and I love the richness that the washes just before that added.
Glad it was helpful!
I love rainy street scenes ....so pretty! Thank you!
Great to hear - thanks!
Wow..as if you know i needed this. Thank you Paul. I am fascinated by city scapes painting which i find so difficult to learn. This is one fantastic tutorial. Layering and lifting. I will try that. And i am always in awe how you could achieve such good looking colours with basic primary colours.
You are very welcome
Love how u putting colors u r using on screen.. thank u
You’re welcome 😊
Mesmerizing episode. It is a wonder to watch it come alive with every brush stroke
Great video Paul, Those figures really launch themselves out of that terrific backdrop. Lovely job.
And there is the video I've been waiting for all wednesday morning ... 😄 As always, a lovely tutorial! Thank you so much! It's fascinating, how a few strokes with the white pencil bring it all together in the end.
Thanks so much!
Just so inspiring and instructive. I can't wait to try these techniques and others from your other tutorials. I have three paintings I'm going to work on for friends and family, and your tutorials are just the cream of the crop for what I want to do. Thanks again!!
Hi Paul, great tutorial as always. Rainy scenes can be challenging but rewarding when they work.
Totally topical, unfortunately! Although in mauves it looks delightful. Thanks again Paul. Wonderful as always.
Cheers Christine!
Lovely. I love the purple and golden yellow colors. I will try this. Mauvevember! How clever.
Thank you! 😊
So much fun to watch your work. I always wondered how to paint a rainy scene and learned so much from watching you do this scene. I viewed it several times, each time learning something new. Thank you.
Thanks so much 😊
I have been following your tutorials for about three years and on a recent cruise to the Pacific met a lady, Sue, who organises the art group in Singleton, NSW who also follow your work. Amazing coincidence
Hey, that's great to hear - thanks!
Wonderful tutorial thank you for the exercise in mixing blues and red I understand now how they can go vibrant, I will give it a try for sure thank you for making my art journey enjoyable.❤😊
Glad it was helpful!
Good Morning ☕️ Paul & thanks for letting me know how to mix up the various Mauvember mixes of colors. (I felt 😂you were speaking to me specifically with my choices of colors in my painting). Those mauves colors are something that I am not use to trying before this Margot challenge. I definitely appreciate it. 😂And dog gone if you didn’t pick my favorite color to say it wouldn’t look good for the umbrella ☂! 😁💕. That’s cool how you were able to find a mauve drink for the break. I was expecting a 🍷 wine but was pleasantly surprised. Thanks for sharing this wonderful step by step break down of this gorgeous painting that I have been wanting to try for a few years now but felt was too complex for me to do. I will definitely give it a go now that I know how it is done. Hope you & Margot are enjoying a wonderful week with better weather! Cheers 🍻!
Great comment as always Colleen - many thanks!!!
Hi Paul:
This painting is fabulous! The way you captured the mood of fog, headlights, wet streets, and figures in the rain is amazing. Love the fact that only five colors were used. So appreciate you helping out with the drawing part. BTW, your cocktail looked luscious! Thank you so much for sharing. 💜😎🇺🇸
Glad you enjoyed it Joan!
Thank you!! This is lovely! Even just to watch you paint is wonderful! But then you are also so easy to follow with you clear instructions and information included visually. Also, thank you for sharing how long it took you, it really helps set realistic expectations and not be so hard on myself for being "slow" ❤
You are so welcome!
Wow! Just discovered your channel about 2 weeks ago. Learning watercolor and this is sooooo different than my meticulous pencil work. I think I will attempt this according to your video. Love your work!
Thank you so much!
Ugh ----- the weather. Been raining here in my little patch of Deutschland for nearly 4 weeks. Today the sun came out for a bit so painting has been put on the back burner for now. Need my Vitamin D. I learn so much from your vids ---- plus, you always make me feel like I can do it too! Thanks!
Great to hear - many thanks ... stay warm and dry!
What a beautiful painting and tutorial! I loved your lesson on mixing the colors. I love your tutorials and look forward to seeing them every week. They are so educational and so enjoyable. Your sense of humor always makes me laugh and I love the music. Can't wait to "give it a go." Thanks so much Paul!
Thanks so much Eileen!
Love ☂️this🌂Paul! Great idea Margot❤
I already have a Purple Mini Cooper, so I'm good to go! Oh, today I'm 64, and just listened to the Beatles driving home. This was a perfect close to my day. Hang drum music was the best 😌
Love that - I had a purple mini too - a convertible ... it was fab!
Watching you paint is mesmerizing and the music is almost hypnotic.
Thank you for an outstanding experience Paul. I enjoy every painting but for some reason this really drew me in.
It wasn't the weather. We are having gorgeous sunny weather here in Illinois. The calm before snow!
Thank you❤
It is very warm here where I am in Australia and we need rain so much. Your painting was just amazing. I will try to do it and hope to capture the wetness and loneliness that this feels. Thankyou so much for your time that you put into your videos. I look forward to Wednesday night so much.
So pleased to hear - thanks!
Wow !!! I love it so much ! Thank you Paul !
My pleasure!!
Oh dear I think I am addicted to your videos! I love how you put them together and always learn something new every time. Thank you so much for sharing as you do. Have a great Christmas!
You are so welcome! ... and you too!
As always Paul Clark...Brilliant and Esquisit, from America!
Really liked your direction regarding how each time you did this it came out differently and your group found this piece difficult . Good advice.
Thank you so much!
This is absolutely beautiful! I can't wait to try it, thank you for your videos!
You are so welcome!
Wow. I love the way it really came to life at the end.
Thanks!
❤ enjoyed this one a great deal...passes on the mood a great deal. I could hear the rain before you did the sound. Hope to try soon. Thanks! Parick😊
Glad you enjoyed it!
I watched nearly every video you made...this was the second time thru for this one. Marvelous job...love the mauve
Great to hear - thanks!
Omg wow wow wow !!!! The colours looks fantastic ! Thank you ! Love the painting !
Thank you so much 😀
Uhhhh....sooo beautiful !
Paul thanks for lesson, purples & mauves
My pleasure!
Thank you for a new and , as allways, lovely video. Beautifull colors, full of emotions, at least for me, good music, perfect energy. Say hello to your lovely wife and see you next week. Counting the days..❤
Thank you very much! ...and I will!
Wow! Purple Gin. who knew? Thanks for another great tutorial. Looks challenging but I might just have to give it a go. Barb
Have fun Barb!
I came across you just yesterday, I gave this painting a shot today (I love purple!) and absolutely loved doing it, am happy with the result too. Thank you so much for sharing, I had forgotten how much I like painting with watercolours
Thanks so much ... and welcome!
I love it! I can't wait to try it.
Thank Paul for sharing your talent with us.
Hope you enjoy
So beautiful! I learned a lot about how to do the rainy street, lights and shadows. thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for this tutorial. I used it for my Christmas cards this year. It was prefect for the little town in the Pacific north west United States where I hail. We have this weather pattern we used to call the Pineapple Express,AKA Hawaiian Fire Hose. Now it's called an atmospheric river. I painted 14 cards and your right none of them look the same.
Wonderful! delighted to help!
Amazing lesson from amazing artist!
What a wonderful video. So beautiful. I will try this tutorial during my watercolor class today! I'm thinking watching this, like 5 times will help! Cheers from Hawaii!
Great to hear Pat - have fun!
Astounding Paul - you have have such a great eye and I really like how you explain your thought processes and adaptations as the painting goes on. Thank you for this inspiring video.
Awesome! Thank you!
This is coincidence... but as I began your video, I heard loud boisterous thunder claps that scared me to death. We were expecting rain in San Diego but didn't start until I watched you!!! 😂 Thank you for a fabulous Watercolor Wednesday! Stay cozy... with gratitude from the O.C. Gramma ❤
Lol! - stay safe Ann!
Your painting is so pretty! I’ve been wanting to try this but I wasn’t sure how to go about attempting, thank you for showing this!😊
My pleasure!
I enjoyed the rainy scenery Love in purple and rain is so beautiful!!! 👍👍👍
Thanks for visiting
I loved the mauve rainy day scene. I brought my watercolors to Florida USA on holiday. I only have 5”x8” paper to try some small pictures. Thanks for all your tutorials.
Sounds great! thanks
My goals!!! Stunning!
Thanks so much!
Hi Paul from sunny Spain, another great inspiring video,cant wait for Wednesdays to come, thankyou really apreciate your vids.😊
Glad you enjoyed it
I had such fun following along! What a joy and I love the bits of humor and advice to just enjoy the process. Thank you and cheers!
You are so welcome!
What fantastic exercise. Can't wait to try it. Thanks Paul as always.
Glad you enjoyed it
I can’t wait to do this one! Thank you Paul for these tutorials! This is a great tutorial- so fun! 😊
You are so welcome!