How to Paint a Lighthouse in Watercolour

Painting Intermediate 12+

Hello and welcome to another Mont Marte art lesson! Today we will be painting a
lighthouse using the Mont Marte Watercolour Cake Set. So grab your Mont Marte
Art materials and...

Material List

PMHS0014 Watercolour Cake Set in Case 18pce

MSB0065 Watercolour Pad German Paper 300gsm A3
MPB0024 Artist Brush Squirrel Traditional Mop 2
MEA0002C Tilting Studio Easel
MCG0060 Palette Knife #6
MPB0082 Artist Brush Squirrelon Round #8
MAXX0019 Brushwasher Twin Compartment Plastic

Water
Masking Tape

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Step 1: Drawing

Tape your Watercolour Paper to a flat surface on all four

sides. Then using the image on the last page of this PDF as
reference, lightly draw up your image with a Graphite
Pencil.

With Watercolour, work from

light to dark.

Step 2: Underpainting

Using your Squirrelon #8 Brush and Ochre, roughly block in

the rocks, grass and bottom of the sky, leaving the ocean
and Lighthouse free of paint. Add more water to lighter
areas such as the top of the sky and the top of the hill.

Step 3: Sky

Paint in a thick horizontal line of Ultramarine Blue at the top

of the page. Then dip your Brush in the water and
gently brush from side to side adding more water as you
move down the page. Leave the Lighthouse free of paint.

Step 4: Ocean

Using curved lines, paint in the ocean with a mixture of

Viridian Green and Ultramarine Blue, thinning it out with
water as you move down. Gently scrape back areas with
your Palette Knife to create waves.

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Step 5: Rocks

Make a Paynes Grey from Black and Prussian Blue. Apply

a thick layer over a small section of rock. Before the paint
has dried, scrape back sections at different angles to
create the look of rocks. Repeat this process on the entire
rock area.

Step 6: Grass

Mix a Light Green from Lemon Yellow and Pythalo Blue.

Roughly apply this over the area where you want the grass
to be, leaving areas of the Ochre showing through.
Darken the mixture with more Pythalo Blue and paint it into
the areas of shadow.

Step 7: Horizon and Glaze

When the ocean is completely dry, create a Dark Blue

from Prussian Blue and Viridian and apply this over the top
of the ocean, thinning with water as you move down.
Now make an Orange from Vermillion and Yellow and
paint it in horizontal streaks along the horizon. As you
move up the paper, add more water to soften the colour.

Step 8: Lighthouse

Start by painting in the darkest parts of the lighthouse with

a mixture of Ultramarine Blue and Black. Then water the
mixture down and apply in on the faces of the building in
shadow. Finally water the mixture down again until it is
barely visible on the White of the Paper and paint in the
other faces of the lighthouse.

Until next time...

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