Art Travel Journal (3 paintings - materials and process!)

Summary by Krater

The artist demonstrates his process for travel journaling with watercolors and gouache in the Bahamas, showcasing materials like the Etchr Field Case, Peterboro illustration board, and showing how to paint palm trees, boats, and beach scenes on location.

From the video

Answers: How do you do watercolor and gouache travel journaling on location?

• Travel journaling
• Watercolor sketching on location
• Using white gouache in watercolors
• Painting palm trees with watercolor
• Painting boats and water reflections
• Color harmony and saturation

What it concludes

• Using white gouache mixed with watercolor creates a thick, opaque mixture for highlights and color notes.
• Applying green over a red underpainting creates color tension that makes palm trees look less coloring-booky.
• Keeping shadows soft helps encourage the viewer to look at the lights in a watercolor painting.
• Laying in boat posts in a single stroke takes full advantage of the texture of the paper.
• Editing out unnecessary background information in a painting is just as important as what you put in.
• Painting with a warm underpainting helps unify cooler colors added later.