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Beginner's watercolour

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Welcome to the final part in my 12-month series. This is without doubt the most challenging of all the exercises and paintings we have done. Last month I showed you how I planned this painting and suggested several exercises for you to try in preparation. I worked from a reference photograph looking out at (right). I explained how I had modified the composition and made various simplifications to it. I then produced a pencil sketch from which to work (left) and we started painting the first

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