boxes and castles

This lesson was all about value and colour. And how tricky it is to translate values into watercolours.
I learned a lot. And hopefully will remember some of it. Like trying to map all shades and shadows first. And then mapping cast shadows, which are darker. And taking account of local colour, and how we often paint local colour darker than it should be. Deciding whether to start with a light wash of local colour or with the darks first. Lots lots lots to learn.
Practising from simple boxes first, then from some photographs. Some worked out better than others. The hardest bit was the slivers of light in the castle crenelations!