~Watercolor Scenery~

Hello!

I mostly wrote this blog post before my exams but forgot to post it earlier hence this is being uploaded with my other post.

As you can tell from the title, this piece is going to be a scenery. I'm not a professional at watercoloring (yet), but it didn't turn out too bad (if I say so myself). 

Blue Monochromatic Scenery

 In this piece I have used the blue color family to give it a monochromatic touch. The type of paper used was rough cotton watercolor paper. To start I sketched a simple circle for the moon. Avoiding the circle I added water to the page and painted it a tint of the lightest blue. I added layers to add hints of clouds. The effect didn't come out as much as I would have liked. I used black to paint the tree on the right. It is recommended to use a size zero round brush but since I didn't have one at the moment I tried to recreate the thin lines with a size two round brush. Next was the land in the distance with standing trees. After painting the land with black I mixed blues and greens to create a slight shadow in the water below. With a size 4 flat brush I created the shadows of the trees. I used black, blue and green while making the shadows. 

~Monochromatic Art~

In this part of the blog I will talk about what monochromatic art really is. 

Mono is a prefix that means "single, one, only." So, monochromatic means single or one color. For example in the painting above I have used the blue color family. 

Along with blue I also used black and white. It is common to make use of white and black to show highlights and shadows. You can even mix these with the color of your choice to darken and lighten it. 

The color you use is not restricted to a single color but to a family of that color. You can use any shade in that family in your art. This technique can be applied in any medium. 

I have chosen watercolor to keep practicing the medium. 

One thing I learned is that I definitely need more practice in watercolor so there will be more posts about it soon.