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Sailboat Watercolor

2010s realist landscape drawings and watercolors.

Watercolor, Paper

Zigmunds Snore Sailboats. Watercolor on paper, 24x18 cm , 2020

2010s abstract landscape drawings and watercolors.

Zigmunds Snore White sailboats. Watercolor on paper, 29.5x41.5 cm

Late 20th century paintings.

Paint, Paper

Tim Thompson Becalmed off Castle Court Martime Sailboat Watercolor Painting

1940s landscape drawings and watercolors.

Erika Schob Lakeside Watercolor - Sailboats on the Lake , 1941

Zigmunds Snore Sailboats I. Watercolor on paper, 18x24 cm , 2020

1960s fauvist landscape drawings and watercolors.

Charles Levier Sailboats at Shore, Watercolor by Charles Levier , circa 1960

Charles Levier Sailboats on Shore I, Watercolor by Charles Levier , circa 1960

1960s landscape drawings and watercolors.

French Watercolor Harbor Landscape - Mediterranean Wharf with Sailboats , Circa 1960

20th century american impressionist landscape drawings and watercolors.

Paper, Watercolor

Lucile Marie Johnston Sailboat Race Modernist Watercolor on Paper, Double-Sided Artwork , 1950s

Early 20th century american modern landscape drawings and watercolors.

Gouache, Watercolor

Frank Myers Boggs Ocean Liner and Sailboats in Holland - Original Gouache & Watercolor painting

Early 20th century american impressionist landscape drawings and waterco....

Frederick Leo Hunter Sailboats in the Harbor, Early 20th Century Figurative Landscape Watercolor

1990s landscape drawings and watercolors.

Sailboat Reflection , 1993

1940s figurative drawings and watercolors.

Sylvia Spicuzza 'Man With Sailboat On Pier At Cedar Lake #756' original watercolor , c. 1940

1970s modern landscape drawings and watercolors.

Watercolor, Laid Paper

Werner Jurgens Stormy Coast with Sailboats - Mid Century Seascape in Watercolor on Heavy Paper , 1977

1940s impressionist landscape drawings and watercolors.

Carl Broemel Sailboats at Dock Watercolor by Carl Broemel Original Arts and Crafts Frame , 1940s

2010s realist drawings and watercolor paintings.

Lynne Atwood Hart Harbor Sailboat, Painting, Watercolor on Paper , 2018

2010s other art style drawings and watercolor paintings.

alice brickner Sailboats St. John, Painting, Watercolor on Paper , 1988

1940s interior drawings and watercolors.

A. Séchaud Small decorative sailboat , 1942

1920s modern figurative drawings and watercolors.

Flora Schofield Untitled (Fishermen and Sailboat) , ca. 1925

20th century figurative drawings and watercolors.

Felix Sailboat Gouache

1970s american impressionist landscape drawings and watercolors.

Doris Warner Vintage Marina Sailboat Seascape , 1970s

1980s american impressionist landscape drawings and watercolors.

Ramona Hammerly Sailboats in the Harbor Seascape , 1980

20th century abstract impressionist drawings and watercolor paintings.

French Impressionist Watercolor Landscape Coastal House with Scene Sailboat View , 20th Century

French Impressionist Watercolor Landscape - Fishermen by the Sea with Sailboats , 20th Century

1950s expressionist abstract drawings and watercolors.

Chalk, Watercolor

Samson Schames German American Expressionist Abstract Sailboat , 1958

Mid-20th century impressionist landscape drawings and watercolors.

Paper, Gouache, Watercolor

M. L. Pfeffer Sailboats on the Beach - Seascape , mid-20th Century

Late 20th century impressionist landscape drawings and watercolors.

Yoshiro Shimidzu Sailboats at the Dock - Seascape , late 20th Century

1930s post-impressionist landscape drawings and watercolors.

Walt Louderback Mediterranean Sailboats and Sleeping Sailors , Circa 1930's

French Impressionist Watercolor Landscape - "Sailboats on the Shore at Low Tide" , 20th Century

21st century and contemporary contemporary abstract drawings and waterco....

Vian Borchert Sailboat at Night , 2019

Late 19th century figurative drawings and watercolors.

F LUIS MORA UNTITLED (FAMILY ON SAILBOAT)

20th century landscape drawings and watercolors.

Sailboat - Star of India , circa 1992

1940s american modern figurative drawings and watercolors.

Board, Watercolor

Earl Oliver Hurst Handsome Couple in Sailboat - Collier's Magazine Illustration , 1941

Mid-20th century figurative drawings and watercolors.

Graphite, Charcoal

Francesco Spicuzza Boy Launching a Sailboat , 1950

1960s modern landscape drawings and watercolors.

Kaspar-Andreas Zimmermann 'Sailboats Drawn up in a Tropical Inlet', Florida , Circa 1965

1990s realist landscape drawings and watercolors.

Paper, Pastel

Victor Karnauh White sailboat. Paper, pastel 27x33 cm

1930s landscape drawings and watercolors.

Vintage Watercolor Landscape - Les Goules , Circa 1930

1980s modern figurative drawings and watercolors.

Sailboats - Original Drawing by Madeleine Scali - 1982 , 1982

Early 20th century landscape drawings and watercolors.

C.S. Jones sailboat on water painting early 20th century marine ocean sea boats waves cloud , Circa 1900

Late 20th century landscape drawings and watercolors.

Konstantinos Sofianopoulos Sailboats on the edge of a Cyclades island in the Aegean Sea

Chris Ritter Ocean Seascape, Abstract Watercolor by Chris Ritter , circa 1962

1920s landscape drawings and watercolors.

Watercolor, Pencil

Gaston Coursaget French Watercolor Painting - Bay of Cannes , 1927

Mid-20th century modern landscape drawings and watercolors.

Raoul Dufy Normandy : Animated Beach and Sailboats - Original Pencil Drawing

1980s english school landscape drawings and watercolors.

Edward A Swan Edward A Swan, Turbulent Marine Scene, Watercolour , c. 1980

1980s drawings and watercolor paintings.

Peter Max "Umbrella Man with 2 Sailboats" , 1980s

Alfred Birdsey Bermuda Harbour Watercolour by Alfred Birdsey (1912-1996)

1960s american modern landscape drawings and watercolors.

Robert Landry 'Modernist Seascape', San Diego Watercolor Society, Dallas , Circa 1965

20th century modern landscape drawings and watercolors.

William Thon "Silvery Day, " William Thon, ink wash, sailboats, coastal, modernist

Early 2000s contemporary landscape drawings and watercolors.

Craig Lueck Contemporary watercolor landscape boats water reflection bridge sky signed , 2003

Late 19th century other art style landscape drawings and watercolors.

Silk, Watercolor

'Chinese Mountain Scene, ' by Unknown, Watercolor on Silk Painting

William Thon "At Sea, " William Thon, ink wash, sailboat, modernist, 20th century

Craig Lueck "Silent Sails, " Serene Seaside Watercolor Painting signed by Craig Lueck , 2003

Early 20th century figurative drawings and watercolors.

Horace Tuck Horace Tuck (1876-1951) - Early 20th Century Watercolour, By the Sea , Unknown

1950s art deco abstract drawings and watercolors.

Paper, Crayon, Pencil

Sylvia Spicuzza "Art Deco Sailboat in Abstract Landscape #740, " Crayon signed by S. Spicuzza , c. 1950s

20th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Reflection of Mt. Fuji on Lake, after Niimi Sei - Watercolor on Paper , 20th Century

Mid-19th century victorian landscape drawings and watercolors.

John Bedloe Goddard Kimmeridge Bay & The Clavell Tower. The Purbecks, Dorset 1876. Framed Watercolor , 1876

1890s realist landscape drawings and watercolors.

Carl L Lindqvist Sunset Sailors is a Watercolor by Swedish Artist Carl L Lindqvist, Painted 1898 , 1898

1950s modern figurative drawings and watercolors.

Pencil, Watercolor

Clifford Ellis Clifford Ellis Corsham Court Hens Chicken Shed c. 1950 mid century watercolour , c. 1950

Late 20th century modern landscape drawings and watercolors.

Jean-Paul Claveau Boats in Harbour, Looking out to the Sea, Colourful French Watercolour, The Port , 1989

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How to Paint a Sailboat Watercolor Painting Tutorial

Sailing is one of my favorite things to do and painting sailboats is almost as fun! This lovely sailboat flew in the wind on Somes Sound on Mount Desert Island, Maine. It was one of those perfect sailing days. The light sparkled, the wind blew steadily and the last of summer heated the air. Since I didn't have a sailboat there, I sketched and took photos of the sailboats moving up and down the Sound.

The shimmering water is the tricky part of this painting. It's a great opportunity to practice your dry brush! This painting needs rough press paper to get that sparkling water. The rest of the painting is simple. Trees in the distance and a pared down palette. Keep the colors and your brush strokes simple. Sailing at its finest on a summer day in Maine!

Painting Tutorial Level

Skill Building

M. Graham watercolors

Painting Demonstration 1

Always sketch very lightly in watercolor since most pencil lines will show. You want the focus on the painting, not the drawing. Unless, of course, you're highlighting the pencil lines!

Since I'm painting a light object with a lot of brushstrokes around it (for the water) I can either mask it out, preserve highlights with wax or use white gouache. I decide on a combination of the last two since they feel more spontaneous than masking and I don't have too many bright highlights.

When you use a wax crayon, always remember it's there for better or worse. It will not come off and leave paper the same!

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Painting Demonstration 2

I want barely there water sparkling in the background. Very pale highlights and dark shadows, so dry brush is the solution! Dry brush and texture is why I chose the rough press paper, after all.

With a tricky dry brush where every stroke shows, I like to test the brush a few times on an area of the painting that isn't quite so tricky or a scrap of paper. As you can see, I got the texture just right in the trees at the upper part of the painting. Some extra texture there is perfect and it will be dark enough the individual strokes don't show.

Since all those strokes show up in the water, make them count! Move your brush with the waves. Notice how highlights show up in horizontal swathes across the water. Work with the water, not against it.

A squirrel hair brush is perfect for hit and miss dry brush like this. It barely touches the ridges of the paper so you can really get that sparkle!

Painting Demonstration 3

Since this is dry brush, there's no time between washes! I continue moving around the painting, using slightly varying blues and values. This gives me that great water shimmer! If some of the dry brush hits a still wet area, great! that gives a natural feeling variation.

I still keep everything light in value in this wash. I don't want thick sludgy paint, but effervescent sparkle!

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Painting Demonstration 4

Now that dark background! I want a bit of a a golden glow, but subtle instead of harsh so I use quinacridone gold. This is one of the few paintings I never use a yellow in!

I paint a loose wet brush on dry paper wash of the gold, then drop in pthalocyanine green. I'm keeping it loose since the background is not the focus, the sailboat is!

The reflection of the sailboat is also a golden glow in the water, so I use quinacridone gold again. I'm still painting dry brush since I want the water to sparkle there too, not be dulled. The reflection is also a shadow which makes it quite complicated to paint.

Painting Demonstration 5

Now it's time to turn the golden green into hazy rich darks. While it's drying, I move maroon perylene into the trees to darken them. The rich red helps with the strong, clear color. Then I scrabble in ultramarine blue to make the trees green again. Finally, I add cobalt blue for the slightly opaque haze.

I dash quinacridone dry brush on the wooden mast. A bit of ultramarine blue and pthalo green gives shape to the boat.

Painting Demonstration 6

After the painting has dried completely, I start on the sail. The gorgeous sail is really the star of the painting so it's fun to finally start painting it! Still, it has to be kept simple since there really isn't much to the sail. Quinacridone gold gives the faint glow of the reflecting sun.

I continue adding texture and color to the waves. I need strong darks to balance out the background trees.

I keep a light hand on the waves since the lovely shimmering could be destroyed with a few strokes too many!

Painting Demonstration 7

The last stage is the details and it's hard to keep them from getting too fussy!

I continue the details on the sail. I use the top mainsail reinforcement as an excuse to dull down the arrow pointing the viewer out of the painting!

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