How To Paint A Thatched Roof In Watercolor

This lesson is an excerpt from toms full length dvd thatched hut.

How to paint a thatched roof in watercolor.

Harry feeney shows us how to paint an irish thached cottage in monochrome and full colour. In addition to the technique to paint the thatched roof other techniques used in this painting include. How to create the look of a thatched roof using the dry brush technique. The new roof was initially a yellowy straw colour not unlike cmnash s photo above but a bit darker.

Within about three months it had turned a darkish brown and after about eight or nine months it was dark grey. Painting rocks masking the gate scratching highlights on the foreground branches sponging background tree foliage and a wash for the fall foliage and path. This is all done while the mix is still damp. A few years ago it was re thatched.

Join professional watercolorist tom jones for a free video art lesson demonstrating how to chose bold yet natural colors to paint the roof of a thatched hut. The roof of the main cottage has the sun shining on it so i ve used a warm pale grey mix weak ultramarine cadmium red and increasingly a touch of cadmium yellow on the left hand side. How to paint various types of foilage through the use of color and technique. How to create the illusion of a brick chimney with color and technique.

It is still the same dark grey now.