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Watercolor Boat Painting Tutorial

Want to paint this watercolor boat painting? Follow the step by step instructions (including video at the end) and see how easy this can be!

I just can’t resist painting boats in watercolor. The colors, the details, the sun and shadow – all come together to make painting these watercolor boats so much fun. In this watercolor boat tutorial I break down all the steps and show you how you can paint this scene. Boat watercolor paintings can seem daunting but if you take things slowly it’s amazing how they come together.

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Watercolor materials needed.

• Mechanical pencil
• Watercolor paper (I like Fabriano Artistco 140lb cold press)
• Permanent rose
• Vermillion/pyrrole red/naphthol red
• Ultramarine blue
• Cobalt blue/cerulean blue
• Yellow ochre
• Lemon yellow
• Burnt Sienna
• Value Scale
• Color isolator
• Palette/paper towels/water pot
• Small spray bottle of water

Watercolor Boat Drawing

The drawing for this painting is pretty important. Sometimes I won’t put much detail into a drawing and just indicate the main shapes. For instance a landscape with trees can be pretty sparse in the drawing. All the detail and texture goes in by eye with just paint. But for this scene there is a lot going on and we want to indicate the position of a lot of different things.

Using a Grid Helps With Drawing Accuracy

I did this drawing by eye but, if you’re not confident with your drawing, you can grid up your paper lightly with pencil and draw it square by square. That way you can be sure you’re getting everything in the right place. It’s not a foolproof method but it gives you far less room for error. I’ve included a gridded up version of the reference below.

The aspect ratio of the photo is the same as for a 10″x14″ piece of watercolor paper. If you mark your paper into quarters on each side and join them up to make a 4×4 grid you can transfer the drawing more easily onto your paper.

Take Some Time to Make a Plan for Your Painting

Before we dive into the painting it always helps to take a few minutes and plan out what you’re going to do. It can be hard to do this – we want to jump straight in and get those brushes moving and paint splashing around. But a few minutes thought at the start always makes for a better painting. We can spot possible problem areas and make sure we know roughly how we’re going to proceed.

Which Direction is the Light Coming From?

I first make note of where the light is coming from and where the shadows fall. In this case the sun is on our right and the shadows are falling on the left. This is always good to keep in the back of your mind. If the reference is unclear in some areas you can work out how the lights and darks should fall even if you can’t make it out from the photo.

Where are the Lights and Darks?

The next thing I do is note where my lightest lights are and my darkest darks. Once we’ve located these then we know that everything else has to fall somewhere between those areas. In this case our lightest light is the white hull on the left boat. The darkest darks are in the shadow underneath the boats and possibly inside the cabins. I keep this in mind. Nothing else can be darker or lighter than these areas.

Where are the Main Shapes and Values?

This one is trickier but it pays off giving it some thought. Even though there’s a lot of detail going on in this photo I like to break it down into 4 or 5 main value shapes. In this case I would estimate (or measure using our value scale) the value of the following areas

• The hulls of the boats (in light and shadow)
• The cabins of the boats (in light and shadow)

This may seem like a lot to work out ahead of time but getting those big value shapes right is an enormous help getting a scene to hang together and getting it to be convincing.

Identify a Few of the Colors

Doing some test mixes of a few of the main colors can also be a good idea. It’s much easier to do this before the painting. When you’re in the middle of the painting there’s so much going on it’s hard to stop and think about this. It’s a bit like prepping for a recipe. Getting all the ingredients measured out ready ahead of time makes putting a meal together much easier. (Not that I ever really do that – but I should!) In this painting I mixed as I went along but it’s a better idea to try out your color mixes at the start. If you think you can’t remember how you mixed your colors then putting a pencil note next to the swatch is a good idea. It’s doesn’t have to be anything complicated – just a list of the colors is enough.

Watercolor Boat Painting – Finally we Paint!

So let’s start painting. We’re going to paint this in layers and build up the painting from light to dark. We’re first going to block in all the shapes with their lightest colors. Once those are dry we can go back in and add in the darks. This way of working takes a bit of getting used to. As we’re starting with the light colors of all the shapes things won’t start to look three dimensional until quite late on in the painting.

I have many more step-by-step tutorials and videos!

We want things to look flat to start with..

If we put in too much value variation in the early stages then the darks won’t make as much impact when we put those in. In these early stages try and match the color and value as best you can to the reference. And, most importantly, keep these early washes even. Don’t be tempted to try and make things look right at this stage. It takes a bit of faith but once you get used to it it will all make sense.

Keep Going With the Light Values

Keep going across all of the main shapes of the boats. One thing to remember is that we’re putting in the light value of each different shape but these values may vary from shape to shape. For instance, the hull of the red boat is a bright orange-red in the light. The actual value of this is around a 5 i.e. mid-way down the value scale. If we compare this to the beige area above we can see that it’s a little darker. The beige area in the light is around a 7 but it’s still in the light.

Similarly the red stripe on the left hand boat is around a 4 (i.e. darker than a mid-value) in the light. If you have a value scale and a printout of the reference you can measure the values directly. If the color is distracting (and it can be with bright colors like these) squint your eyes and it becomes easier to judge value.

Use the ChromaMagic Tool to Measure Color

Alternatively you can load up the reference in ChromaMagic and click on different areas. It will show you the three components of the color – hue, value and chroma. The color notation is part of the Munsell way of measuring color. It is incredibly useful in painting and makes color very straightforward to analyze.

Paint in the Sea in the Background

The sea in the background goes in next. This is a fairly dark blue and helps to tie the boats in the scene and give us some depth.

As you can see at this point the painting isn’t looking three-dimensional. Don’t panic! This is exactly how it should be looking at this point.

Paint in the Sand Around Your Watercolor Boats

Next we’re going to put in the sand. I really like this bit as we get to put in some texture with our spray bottle. One thing to be careful of – sand isn’t yellow. Or rather it is yellow but a very grayed out low chroma yellow. In this scene it’s a kind of beige so make sure you add in some black to your mix to take out some of the brightness. I’ve made the mistake of painting sand far too bright in color many times. Again mixing a swatch of color beforehand helps a lot as does using ChromaMagic for checking the chroma.

Use a Spray Bottle to Add Texture

While your sand wash is still wet take a spray bottle of water and lightly spritz the surface. If the paper is the right level of dampness the water will add small sparkles and splodges in the paint. It adds some interest and texture to the foreground. This can take a bit of practice to get right. If the paper is too wet the water will just disperse and disappear. If the paper is too dry the water won’t do anything at all.

Watercolor Boat Painting – Add the Sky

Note: I’ve got the order slightly wrong here. I’ve already put in some of the darks on the boats before doing the sky. The order doesn’t really matter. You can put in the sky before the shadows and everything should work out fine.

Let’s put in some sky now. The reference photo doesn’t really have much in the way of clouds and I didn’t really want a big expanse of blue up there. So I’ve invented some cloud shapes. You have a lot of freedom here. Put in some blue around wherever you fancy the clouds to be. While the paint is wet take a clean (very clean) damp brush and soften the edges of the clouds. The blue pigment will diffuse out into the damp areas of paper making lovely soft and convinving clouds.

Watercolor Boat Painting – Second Layer Darks

Now this bit is where the painting starts to come to life. We’re going to put in the shadow sides of the objects and make them look three-dimensional. Adding in these contrasting areas also helps the visual impact of the scene and it will make the image more interesting as well as more realistic.

Don’t Add Color in the Light!

We’ve already painted in the light sides of our objects so we won’t be putting any color in there at all. We’re just going to paint in the shadow colors on mostly the left sides. Make sure your colors are at least a couple of shades darker than your light sides and things will start to take shape. When you get to the insides of the cabins we’re even darker as very little light is getting in there – you don’t need to paint things – just a few dark shapes at different angles will suggest a lot of detail.

Be careful with the shadow on the white hull. We don’t want to go too dark here and keeping that shadow light will really suggest strong sun.

Add a Cast Shadow to Anchor the Boats to the Ground

Finally add some cast shadows on the sand and right at the bottom of the boats. This will make the boats convincingly anchored to the ground.

The Magic Bit – Details on Your Watercolor Boat Painting

By this point you should have something that’s looking pretty three-dimensional. This next bit really adds sparkle and interest to your watercolor boat painting! We’re going to put in some lovely details. Put in the masts and rigging with a small synthetic brush. Make sure they’re not too dark – a mid value gray is plenty dark enough here. The other thing to take care with is not to make your lines too continuous. Leave a few gaps here and there as it will make the masts more convincing than if you carefully paint them in one continuous line.

Continue with the masts and smaller details. Add in a few lines for the railings and the ropes holding the buoys. A few light lines on the white hull will also suggest their structure. I hope everything is looking really good by now!

Flags and Signs

We’re right at the end now. A few red marks for the flags will add a pop of color. The signs on the boat go in with an almost black background. The lettering is suggested with a little opaque white.

Final Thoughts on This Watercolor Boat Painting

If you tried this painting I hope it turned out well. I would love to see your results – please feel free to send them to me. I have also videoed the whole process and you can paint along with the full painting.

2 thoughts on “ Watercolor Boat Painting Tutorial ”

Hi Michele, Kathy Martinez here. I am working with the ColorMagic tool. Love it except for one problem I am having. My monitor is a Cintiq 32 inch display that I have supposedly color corrected with an i1 display gizmo. The colors for the Munsell chips from

Kathy your program don’t come through to match my big book Munsell chips. It is way off. My cintiq screen pretty matches my Ipad. Do you have any suggestions? I have just been finding the chip I have that matches the color swatches from ColorMagic, even though they aren’t the same as described in the program.

Hi Kathy – I replied by email. I was thinking that it may well be hard to match chips directly to the screen. I’m going to try with a setup that I know the colors off and see how it goes. ColorMagic will report the colors in the photo accurately but whether you can match to the display directly may not be possible. Screens give out light and chips only reflect the light so comparing them side by side is going to make the chips always look dark. But maybe there’s something else going on! We’ll see. If it’s fixable we’ll fix it.

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This simple rowing boat can be painted with just one brush. A 1/4″ flat brush.

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While the paint was still wet I dropped in some shadows along the rear and particularly around the bottom of the boat.

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Here is the original reference photo for my painting “Boats in the harbor” taken from a video that I took.

Although the final painting was actually completed in the studio, I also did some tonal Plein Air studies on location. A tonal study is a monochromatic painting, or pencil sketch that is done to help understand just the light and dark values. I was also trying to get a feel for the structure and perspective of the boats.

This painting of a couple of boats anchored on the Kaipara Harbor in New Zealand, shows how it’s possible to portray a convincing looking boat with only a few brush strokes and a couple of tonal values.

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My initial sketch, is quite rough, as you can see but there is just enough detail to show the structure of the boats. The rowing boat in the foreground is just a few simple lines but the little cabin cruiser at the water’s edge has a deceptively complex shape and took a bit longer to get right as it is positioned in such a way that makes it necessary to add perspective.

When drawing three dimensional objects in perspective I find that it try and visualize them as collection of simple geometrical shapes such as stacked boxed and then I add the finer details after.

I began by painting the sky and water in simple broad strokes. The painting was set up on my desktop easel angled at about 45 degrees.

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With a 1/4 inch Flat brush I painted a variegated wash of Greens mixed from New Gamboge and Prussian Blue and Burnt Umber.

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                                                        Thomas Sewell Robins (1810-1880) ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR of YACHT "AMERICA" by Thomas S Robins Significant Watercolor on Board: untitled, unsigned and undated. This very important watercolor is the foundation for the 'Three Prints' (to be documented below); one of the prints identifies the artist as "TS Robins". DESCRIPTION: The 'original watercolor' and 'print 1' show the famous yacht "America" carrying two foresails and a mizzen, while several members of the crew weigh anchor and prepare the mainsail for getting underway. A small group of gentlemen in top hats and ladies in fully bustled crinolines stand in the stern in front of the helmsman. There are two flags flying from the mizzen masthead, Stars and Stripes and presumably the burgee of the New York Yacht Club. As the white sails reflect in the water in a very talented way, TS Robins chooses Queen Victoria's summer residence of Cowes Harbor and its shoreline as the paintings background. TS Robins carefully details the curved trailboard at the vessel's bow, a signature identification for yacht "America". (PA1067) Dimensions of Painting (Sight) Height 11 3/4, Width 17 7/8, Inches Dimensions of Frame: 22 1/2, Width 27 3/8, Inches

PRINT 1 Print 1 is a sepia-toned print titled: "THE SCHOONER YACHT, AMERICA, 170 TONS Winner of the RYS cup value LIOO AUGt 22 nd 1851 and of a Match with the Titania for LIOO AUGUST 28th 1851" And was "Published septr 8th 1851 BY MESSRS Fores. 41, Piccadilly London." ** These dates would indicate 17 days after the race. Reference for Print 1: Granby, Alan and Janice Hyland, "The Holy Grail of Yachting: The Art of the America's Cup 1851", Vol. 1, Plate 1.154, p. 147. (Published by America 3 Foundation, 2015). This copied print from the original undated watercolor identifies the artist as TS Robins in the lower left of the print. Provenance: Original plaque on frame indicates, "Presented by Com. John C. Stevens 1851" as it was a gift by Commodore Stevens to the New York Yacht Club. PRINT 2 Print 2 is a hand-colored lithograph titled: "THE CLIPPER YACHT "AMERICA". WINNER OF THE ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON CUP VALUE L 100. IN THE GREAT MATCH FOR ALL NATION AT COWES AUGUST 22 ND AND OF A MATCH WITH TITANIA for LIOO AUGUST 28TH 1851". An addition from Print 1 would be America's hull dimensions (lower left) and spar dimensions (lower right). And was Published by Currier & Ives Provenance: Peabody Essex Museum, Peabody, Massachusetts Reference for Print 2: Granby, Alan and Janice Hyland, "The Holy Grail of Yachting: The Art of the America's Cup 1851", Vol. 1, Plate 1.129, p. 130. (Published by America 3 Foundation, 2015). PRINT 3 Print 3 is a hand-colored lithograph (cropped version, titled: "THE CELEBRATED YACHT "AMERICA" WINNER OF THE "QUEEN'S cup," VALUE 100 GUINEAS". Print 3 is similar to Print 2. And was Published by Currier & Ives Provenance: Collection of William l. Koch Reference for Print 3: Granby, Alan and Janice Hyland, "The Holy Grail of Yachting”:  The Art of the America's Cup 1851, Vol. 1, Plate 1. 126, p. 126. (Published by America3 Foundation, 2015). CONDITION OF THE ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR: The watercolor is in excellent condition and the colors are strong with no fading 'or staining. The watercolor on board has three paper labels: Quester Galley, Greenwich, CT; Kennedy & Co Rare Prints, 693 Fifth Ave. and the third label is BURRICHTER KIERLIN COLLECTION.  Note 1: This watercolor discovery is significant for scholars and collectors to trace the origins of three outstanding prints, to learn the original artist (T S Robins) and to expand the knowledge of historical documentation for the maritime field in its understanding of the 1851 America's Cup. Print 1 clearly identifies the artist. Another combination of a painting and print is the Currier & Ives Print, titled "CUTTER YACHT MARIA" taken from the James Butterworth painting published on pages 16 and 17 "A YACHTSMAN'S EYE" by Alan Granby. The painting and print depict the trial races between Yacht "America" and the Yacht U Maria" in New York Harbor. Note 2: It has been suggested that the well-dressed figures huddled around stern represent Queen Victoria and Prince Albert meeting with John Cox Stevens. owner of Yacht "America". Note 3: The New York Yacht Club Burgee flying from tat the top of the Main mast shows the blue burgee lacking the red cross and white star. In the Currier and Ives prints the flag is shown with white stars similar to the United States merchant flag which was also blue with white sails. BIOGRAPHY of ARTIST - Thomas Sewell Robins (1810-1880) Thomas Sewell Robins was born in Davonport, Devon. At age 19, he was admitted into the Royal Academy School under the tutelage of James Northcote, a former pupil of Sir Joshua Reynolds. Northcote's lectures included the great marine artist, J.M.W. Turner. Robins was an early member of the New Water Color Society and the Institute of Painters in Watercolors. Robins traveled extensively on the Continent and exhibited seven works at the Royal Academy, 39 at the British Institute, 21 at the Suffolk Street Galleries and 317 works at the New Watercolor Society. Robins is famous for his coastal marine subjects, working primarily in watercolors, and examples can be found in the Victoria and Albert Museum (London), Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, The British Museum, the City of Portsmouth Museum, Cartwright Hall (Bradford), Howarth Museum and Gallery (Accrington), Newport Art Gallery, the Williamson Art Gallery and Museum (Birkenhead) and the National Maritime Museum (Greenwich). One of Robins most celebrated oil paintings is at the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes and depicts '"America" and the British Fleet in the Royal Yacht Squadron Cup race August 22nd 1851. Dimensions of Painting: Height 21 Height inches; Width 27 Inches.  

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Watercolours is a custom motor yacht launched in 1991 by Trinity Yachts in New Orleans LA, United States and most recently refitted in 2007.

Trinity Yachts, a world leader in the realm of building full-custom superyachts, has been producing first-class vessels since its inception in 1995. Speed, seaworthiness and unique quality workmanship characterise the American shipyard’s builds.

Watercolours measures 35.05 metres in length, with a max draft of 1.40 metres and a beam of 7.32 metres. She has a gross tonnage of 186 tonnes. She has a deck material of teak.

Watercolours has an aluminium hull with an aluminium superstructure.

Her interior design is by Paola D. Smith & Associates.

Watercolours also features naval architecture by Gerhard Gilgenast and Trinity Yachts.

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Watercolours has a top speed of 18.00 knots and a cruising speed of 15.00 knots. She is powered by a twin screw propulsion system.

Watercolours has a fuel capacity of 34,065 litres, and a water capacity of 5,132 litres.

She also has a range of 3,400 nautical miles.

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Watercolours accommodates up to 8 guests in 4 cabins. She also houses room for up to 5 crew members.

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Watercolours has a hull NB of T001.

Watercolours is an ABS class yacht. She flies the flag of the USA.

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