Through the Trees Lourmarin

A Step-by-Step Watercolor Painting Demonstration

Step 1. I spent considerable time on getting the drawing figured out because I knew that this would be a challenging subject to pull off. My point of view was chosen to show the village framed by these distant pines, which helped to add some verticality and value contrast to to a very bright, horizontal subject. I felt that the combination of elements would make the painting stronger.