Part 2 of Cat in a Setting. Continue developing your colour mixing skills with this limited palette. Find out about painting detail, unfying tonal washes and the effect of light.

Using a limited palette for part 1 build the foundation for the effects of light in this picture. Cobalt Violet, Winsor Blue green shade, Raw Sienna and Burnt Umber. A few fine details at the end to see the effect. Next week part 2

A project to test your smooth , plain washes of colour, layering in clean stages and painting final dark details.

A challenging and technical exercise . Using wet into wet, and dry on wet variations find out the importance of being aware of the surface behaviour on your paper and its response to different weights of mixed colour.

Pan and wash exercise taking inspiration from 2 sources and finding ways to recompose a picture using line and shading from the pen and colour.

Paint in a loose, yet structured way a portrait of a boy. Use a limited palette of yellow ochre, cadmium red light, alizarin crimson, neutral tint and ultramaries. Some raw umber and burnt sienna .

Continuing with part 2 of our boat painitng. Develop details brushwork to describe the vessesl and add glazes and adjustments to the background.

Part one (due to an internet blip) of part one of painting Boats in a limited palette. Don't forget to watch part 1b!!

Part 1 of a Boat painting. Using thin washes of browns and blues start this attractive subject.

Create a delicate Rainbow watercolout using thin washes and clear colours. Wet into Wet and varied techniques for this one

a bright warm street scene using yellow, violet and blue.