old door

25 January 2024
Sketch of an old door behind my house
Sketch of an old door behind my house

Who doesn't love watercolour paintings of old doors and windows? They have a charm all their own. And, certainly, a whole series of them hanging together would be really lovely.

In this lesson we use the skills we learnt in the skills lesson on painting stonework and old wood to paint the old door of the barn behind my house. Plus the shadow is super - I paint it in a similar way to the shadows lesson where we painted the flowerpot.

No need to do the skills lessons first, you can just dive in with this one. But if you'd like to learn more, then the skills lessons are there for you too.

Happy painting!

Full video tutorial on Patreon and Renee's Studio.

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