HOW TO PAINT BOATS IN WATERCOLOR - Harbor Scene - easy for beginners

Here is an easy scene to paint in watercolor - easy boats in a harbour setting with reflections. More paintings at In this demo I will be covering... 1) Choice of Subject. What makes a good watercolour subject. How to simplify the scene. 2) Materials I use such as the paper. I will also cover the paints I use and the palette, plus how I hold the different brushes for different techniques. 3) Doing the outline sketch as the first step. How to draw boat shapes. 4) Doing the sky and the first wash of the background and then the foreground. 5) Shadows and details of the figures and boats. 6) Watch out for the ’sword’ brush at the end and highlighting tips. More information on watercolour demos, lessons and recent paintings by Tim Wilmot can be found at