summer lighthouse - free watercolour tutorial with artist Renee Walden

summer lighthouse - free watercolour tutorial

1 July 2024

It's the second birthday of my Patreon! So I thought it would be nice to start this month with a bonus lesson and you know how much I love to paint lighthouses.

This painting has a lovely contrast of warm vs cool colours and very loose foreground contrasted with the tightness of the pretty lighthouse. Both ideas are fun to play with.

To access the tutorial all you need to do is sign up to my Patreon for free. Easy!

Happy painting!

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One of my all-time favourite paintings of a stormy day in a ruined Roman town in Spain.

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