Step Five: Getting darker
I decide to add another layer of brushwork on the rocky outcrop before I dry the painting and remove the frisket.
Because of the unseen mold in this paper, the sizing has been damaged. When I removed the frisket from these softened areas, big chunks of paper wanted to come with it.
This will show up as unintended texture in the lighthouse and out building.
This was an executive decision.
I redrew the drawing details that were lifted with the frisket, picked up my #5 round red sable brush, and considered my next move.
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Step Six: Hidden surprises and determination
I started by painting a glaze of Cerulean blue over the shadow areas of the buildings. I found the damaged areas of paper sucked up paint like a blotter and would not hold a detail without diffusing.
Next I glazed a local color onto the buildings using a mixture of Indian yellow and Burnt sienna.
I gallantly ignore the large blobs of oddly colored damaged paper in the middle of each building and proceed to add roofing details using Alizarin crimson.
Seeing the land was too dark, I scrubbed the dry wash with the tip of my #5 round red sable and clean water and blotted to lighten the area.
I finish by laying some warm and cool grays on the exposed rocks and land mass.
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Step Seven: Bailing a sinking ship
I mixed some thicker paint and using a #0 round red sable I dabbed some details onto the buildings using Ivory black and Cerulean blue.
I mixed up a clean medium toned mixture of Ultramarine blue and glaze the whole sky except where the beams of light are. The wash bleeds into a soft spot on the edge of the left beam.
Deciding that there should be a glow around the top of the lighthouse, I take a #2 flat acrylic bristle brush and clean water and scrub the top off the lighthouse in a circular fashion. Between scrubs I blot with a tissue to check my progress. I then scrubbed the beams of light to lighten them, too.
When that dried I added new details to the top of the lighthouse and glazed the grassy areas with Sap green and Burnt sienna.
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Step Eight: Finished (click image to enlarge)
I glazed the sky with Ultramarine blue two more times, drying the painting between glazes.
I then mix up some interesting warm gray-greens using Hooker's green, Burnt Sienna, and Cerulean blue and use these mixtures and my #5 round red sable to add a range of dark accents to the waves.
I stop myself before I do any more damage and allow the painting to dry.
To finish I removed the frisket and then erased the pencil lines with a kneaded eraser.
I used the #0 round sable to sign my name in the lower right corner with a Burnt sienna wash.
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Nighttime Lighthouse - Part 2
Step-by-Step Watercolor Paintings "night_lighthouse_8")