How to Paint a Beach Hut in Portugal in Line & Wash 

You are the best Mr Clark

Thanks for this. Before my husband got sick we went to the Albufiera area every year. Now, with your help, I can help him remember better times.

Thanks for your wonderful tutorials for all of us. I learn something new every time you post a new video.

Really enjoyed waking up to your wonderful tutorial Paul ! I love the addition of the surfboards :)

Hi Paul! I have always been a huge fan of Van Gogh Cerulean Blue and I have tried many. It’s really a great brand in general. Thanks for the cool tutorial, hope to try it soon. 😊🥳

Thank you for another stunning painting Mr. Clark. Love the greens and the trees. The drawing is superb. Thank you also for showing us those beautiful places.

A lovely painting; you’re a great artist and teacher

Hang Ten!! Another awesome painting and I loved watching you draw over the pencils lines.. Thank you so much

Oh dear poor Alphonso - I've somehow given him and extra leg. My surf boards look a bit like four mummies escaped the British museum and went on a bus trip. Otherwise, my effort this week has been bloody marvellous!:) Thank you Paul:)

Been struggling with a few things all watercolor. Paul makes it look so easy, so I guess I’ll give it a go, as Paul says…

Boa tarde querida Paul! (Good afternoon, dear Paul)! Every time you wake up in us desire to paint something new. This time such a lovely illustration, perfect as greeting card from Portugal (or postage stamp). You can sell it to Post of Portugal (business idea 🙂) and this way people from around the world would "touch" through letters your art. Thank you for tutorial, greetings from Moldova. Sincerely, Lilia Birnaz

Beautiful! ❤

This is so good 🎉

As we say in Portuguese: MUITO BOM!

Beautiful summer paint!!Thank you Paul 😊

I love your line & wash paintings so much! I am so excited for the next one!

Love the tutorial. When I restarted painting again after many years, I got the Van Gogh set as well and I love the Cerulean Blue, one of my favorite colors. I have tried out other colors like Daniel Smith and Schmincke but I think the value for the price is best with the Van Gogh range.

Thanks

If there's no t-shirt, it never happened....

I love watching you paint! With each video I learn something new. Thank you for sharing your paintings and the beautiful pictures of the places you paint.

As always such a great video to watch!

Good morning Paul! I had to log into my other account since the powers that be are blocking me from commenting. I feel like I must be targeted because I don’t post bad comments. Anyway… Love this tutorial. I have wondered if there’s fake paints out there (like Gucci bags). I bought some from Amazon and the box didn’t match the paint. Very sus. I live near the beach and I know a scene like this would sell easily. I also took some pics of a house on the River that’s turquoise that I want to paint. A line and wash might be the best way to do it. Thanks so much for sharing. 🙏🏻Much love to you and Margot. ❤🌴🏖️☀️ FYI, this is Jacqueline. 😊

Good afternoon dear Paul. As it's inktober wich prompt may this one be? Well I give it a celestial... I really am quite busy with inktober so I will give this one a go in November. 👍🏠😎

Amazing as always! Enjoyed it! I'm going to have try this,line and wash. Thank you Paul!

You could see the difference in the blue paint before you even put the second one on the paper

Uh-oh, did it go through?

I am brand new to all things sketching, watercolor and let's face it... art. All week I look forward to Wednesdays to see what great creation you will guide me through. It's awesome, but entirely expected how many viewers you have. Thank you Paul, for the sketches that are helping me learn perspective, the tutorials at no cost, your sense of humor, and your willingness to share your talent. There is no question that your RU-vid channel is keeping me in this watercolor experience.

Fabulous Paul. Trying this one for sure

Watercolor Wednesday! My favorite day of the week. Your painting is just lovely! I can’t wait to “give it a go”. I haven’t done much ink work so I’m excited to try this. Thank you for sharing your time, energy and talent

Paul, I’ve been drawing the same picture/painting since 2018. I draw it every now and then to see my progress comparing it to the previous drawing. Last night I looked at the signature for the first time and lo and behold it reads, PNC/18. I almost fell of my chair. I quickly returned here to your channel and went through every video you’ve made. Nope, it ain’t on your list. It’s a painting of a village street somewhere in Europe. I do wonder why it isn’t on your channel and I wonder where I screen shot it from. Cheers

Love this one, thank you for sharing.

so cute ❤❤❤

It’s been a while since I watched one of your Wednesday offerings. Always fun, and I enjoy the music choices! Maybe you and Margot can start a band….I’m thinking “Off We Go” as the group name.

Lovely! Thank you for sharing! Obrigada!

That building was calling for the color turquoise. It has been wanting to be that color it’s whole life!

❤love this. I live in Canada and I was on vacation in Portugal in Albertina at the very same time you were there and I had no idea, so I guess I missed out big time but I love to see your videos. Thank you so much.

Good afternoon ☕🥧🍮 dear Paul! Glad to see you back in the watercolor studio, as always on Wednesday and, as always, in a funny new shirt 👕👚🧥 👔for each lesson. Thank you for the new video that you share with us, and I wish you and all people a peaceful sky, and this is now the most important thing is to keep the peace in which we live 🌐🌍🗺️ and hope for better times! Be always so positive, I wish you health and good luck and I pray for you 🙏 dear Paul! I like 👍, as always, and until the new Wednesday, I say goodbye, which I will look forward to. Bye... bye...🕊️🕊️🕊️🙏🙏🙏🤲🤝❤️🎨🖼️🖌️✏️📝

Hey Paul, Port & Lemonade with a slice is nice 😉👌

Hey Paul, Port & Lemonade with a slice is nice 😉👌

It is WONDERFUL ❤️❤️❤️🌹🌹🌹🙌🙌🙌🙌

The two cerulean blues are different pigments. The cerulean blue from Daniel smith is the original pigment PB35, while the van gogh paint is Phthalo blue green shade, PB15:3. The two pigments have completely different properties. PB35 is a cooler version of Cobalt blue and thus is a granulating pigment that can be hard to rewet. PB15:3 is much cheaper, therefore it is often included in starter sets as Cerulean. It is transparent, very staining and extremely bright and tinting.

Very creative on selling surf boards ...and in general

Lovely ink and wash piece - a really good exercise in changing/manipulating the composition as well. You're not alone regarding DS cerulean blue. I love their paint but their cerulean blue is a shocker! Changed mine out for the beautiful Jackman's handmade watercolour paint some time ago... never looked back.

Thanks so much, dear Paul. Lovely, as usual. Here is a tiny bit for you.

Feels like Portugal! Thankyou! XXX

Thank you for the lovely tutorial in line and wash Paul. Just what i need. I have just join an urban sketchers group But i am quite intimidated to go on a walk with them yet😅. So i am going to do all your line and wash lessons and hopefully by next year i will fit in better. Big ❤ to you.

Thank you for sharing your trip with me. I always enjoy seeing clips of your journey and thank you for your drawings. I'm not very good at drawing so is helpful. Line and wash is something I really like. I would live to see your take on Positano etc..All the colors, hills and sea. I've tried a few times but ends up cluttered. Thank you for a lovely tutorial and the fun subject from Lake Villa Illinois❤

Love it!! Makes me long for the beach as we've had our first snow!

OMG!!! Absolutely amazing🤩🤩🤩Just love it Paul❤

Artist/Magician! Turning blank piece of paper into a lovely scene is magic in my book, and you never disappoint! Thank you for the informative and fun tutorial! ❤

I was so happy to see a good Cerulean Blue, I bought a tube! I've tried expensive paint... then tried Manganese Blue... I also remember you used Schmincke. Happy Watercolor Wednesdays! Of course a beach scene is always fun. Thank you for the drawing! Never tried line and wash! Awesome! O.C. Gramma ❤ Also... the music 🎶 was fantastic! Yeah!!!

Hello dear Paul, thank for a new video! I wonder how many t-shirts you have? 😂😅

Hi Paul, I really enjoyed your latest painting. Just a suggestion seeing as how we have lost the sycamore tree at Hadrians Wall. Is it possible you could do a painting of it, it was iconic and it would be great to have a memory of it. Regards Julie Luck

Beautifully done line and wash! Makes me miss the Algarve altogether. I love Daniel Smith paints because of the stunning granulation. You could try Cerulean Blue Chromium instead. It tends to be a bit more vibrant and I have no issues with it being gooey. Thanks as always 🎉 Obrigado!

Love this one. What color do you add to make the shadows for the trees and then the hut? Thanks so much.

Wow it’s a wonderful line and wash tutorial ❤️Thank you so much 🥰

Magic beach

Beautiful painting 🏡🌳🎨💚👋

What a difference between the blues! I like your design, and lovely holiday colours.

Wonderful!!! ❤

Very nice! Thank you!

Delightful painting! And thanks for the color info. Years ago, ( that happened fast!!!), if I remember correctly, you painted with some beautiful Schminke Cerulean. That inspired me to give up the M. Graham - too gray for my liking. Love the Van Gogh version!

I love to paint I do paint a lot

This is beautiful and so much fun! (But I had been hoping for another Halloween picture to paint alongside my grandson...) This line and wash gives such a sunny feeling on what today is a gray morning in Southeast Texas. Thank you!

Maestro hermosa tu técnica de pintar excelentes temas pictoricos, gracias por compartir tu vídeo....🇲🇽🇲🇽....

Thank you for sharing yet another beautiful painting tutorial, Paul! -love the punches of colors on the shed and surfboards. Tree greens so lovely. I too am a big fan of Daniel Smith watercolors. I have the DS Manganese Blue instead of Cerulean. The van Gogh CB is lovely too! Thanks for that interesting comparison. :)

Thank you ,Mr C for demonstrating how important it is to plan your overall colour scheme before putting paint to paper. Do love line & wash & the colours you chose are gorgeous. Love it. Just a flash thought-- why don't you create your own watercolour palette?

Totally enjoyed every second! Thank you!

Fantastic!

Beautiful painting. Your trips look like so much fun. Thanks

You make it look so easy! Learned a lot on how to achieve depth in my color contrast! This is beautiful!

Ahhh, beautiful as always! Thank you Paul, I can smell the salty sea air and feel my 70+year body soaring over the huge waves! 😉

Toujours très instructif. Merci pour cette belle vidéo et pour votre générosité. 💕

Thank you so much for this delightful tutorial. I could even say "hypnotic": the combination of accelerated brushstrokes and music, no doubt ... and your talent of course. Line & wash is one to try (once I've learned to draw better 😅).

How fun, looks like a great place to visit and paint. So much to paint Paul so little time. Thanks, Sherry

My favourite line and wash for wonderful watercolour Wednesday. Thank you for the tutorial and the lovely pics from Portugal. Perfect weather, beautiful locales and far from the madding crowds. Looks so peaceful, perfect for an artist.

A big Thank You for giving such informative and fun tutorials - Free of charge

Beautiful painting! Can you tell me what size paper you are using, please?

Gorgeous little painting! I particularly liked your comparison of the two brands of paint. I'd love to see more tutorials on that topic. I remember one you did on a Japanese woodblock print using Kuretake Gansi Tambi paints. That was spectacular. As a relatively new watercolor student, I love watching paint, paper and brush reviews. Thank you Paul for everything you do. Also, I love your book! Any plans to do another one?

Good morning Paul!! Ahhh Portugal , my honey wants to take me there to see some of the largest waves in the world ! I’ve been looking forward to this Portugal tutorial and once again you do not disappoint! This is absolutely beautiful. I can’t wait to get started ! My shoulder has calmed down and I’ve been getting more done lately ! Thank you once again for another beautiful line and wash !!!

I love your line and wash paintings! Actually, I love all your work.Thank you for all the wonderful tutorials!

Many of the brands of paint you use (Cotman, Van Gough etc) the cerulean blue is actually phthalo blue, (PB15) with added white - very bright, very high tinting strength, very staining. The duller cerulean is the ‘true’ cerulean (PB35).

This is just what I've personally experienced... I love Daniel Smith paints...but I also enjoy granulation, which Daniel Smith is known for. They have some regular style paints as well. I watch swatching videos before I buy a paint because all brands have different styles. If you want older style paints that have a flat type of look, Winsor & Newton and M. Graham are great for that. Daniel Smith probably isn't for you and most likely wont fit your style of paint. I do enjoy the flatter, no granulation type paints for certain things, but my 120 pan watercolor palette is probably 80% Daniel Smith paints 🤦‍♀️ haha. But it's all about preference obviously.

If anyone is reading this comment: I've tried it, even though I'm a beginner (watercolour since August and drawing since ... never) and the result was incredible. OK, the "master" explains very well (I'm a subscriber and therefore hooked 🤭 ) but the technique is also super super super forgiving ! It's like when you haven't had enough sleep and you put on mascara 😅. So if you're not sure, go for it!

Wow absolutely Marvelous Paul, you make it look so easy. Your colors are always bang on. I like line and wash, find it gives it more definition. Thank-you , for giving us such wonderful tutorials with so much detail info. In the paint comparison I liked the Daniel Smith color. Though it seemed to have more depth and weight. Thank-you again for these enjoyable tutorials. 💖💯💖

Love this, especially the way you did the sky. My method is paint it on, dab it off, paint it again, try dabbing it off again. I have literally 100s of different colours by many different brands including Daniel Smiths Luminescence, Primatek, etc but my go to paint is Schmincke Horadam. A brand I use if I want something so vibrant it shouts off the page is Mijello Mission Gold. I like to try new things, and I keep on adding, but I still go back to SH. I thought the Van Gogh seemed somewhat turquoise in colour. I have Van Gogh paints but I think I bought their metallic range. I hate a messy palette. My palettes are tidier than my house! 🤣

🥰👏👏👏 beautiful, the color selection is perfect!!! big hug from Brazil. Nicola Sena

So great! I learned so much, as always. I use almost exclusively Daniel Smith and I love most of them, but I use a different Cerulean on my palette (not sure which brand). I agree about Daniel Smith Cerulean. That makes sense. Thanks for pointing that out.

Hi Paul. I'm PR from Paul Rubens. We have recently launched a Qiaomei watercolour. Would you be interested in reviewing it?

Another great tutorial, thank youbPaul. Your talent is amazing and im learning so much from you. I love these line and wash projrcts, so bright and vibrant. Mine is all drawn out ready to go 👍

The Van Gogh Cerulean Blue is a hue made with Phthalo Blue and Titanium White pigments, and the Daniel Smith Cerulean Blue is made with genuine Cerulean Blue pigment. Also want to say that I enjoy your channel very much.

The Daniel Smith pthalo blue that comes in the mixing set is probably a lot closer to the other brands' cerulean. I have the same issue with the DS cobalt colors being goopy. Excellent tutorial, as always! I love learning from you and Margot.

Awesome! 🎉

Thanks Paul. Haven't tried pen and wash yet but this inspires me to have a go. If you don't like port much I recommend either tawny or verdelho or white port with tonic as an aperitif - I guarantee it will transform your view.

Loved it, Paul! I am transported to sunnier climes.... might even need to get sunglasses out! 🕶 Can't wait to give this one a go. I really like doing line and wash paintings....

Well, thank you kindly. I loved this video. Im pretty new to watercolour. This was so well done and your talent painting and teaching is great. When you did the sand did you spray first likethe sky. Is there anything else you sprayed first besides the sky?

I really liked your display on how you paint this scene and the changes you made to change the scene to one with more eye appeal. Your choice of colors was very enlightening as well. One is told the artist has license to alter the scene to their heart’s desire. I like what you changed given the fact you explained why you made the changes. Your statement on the Daniel Smith Cerulean Blue paint was something not often seen or heard on these videos and I appreciate the tip. I’ve had issues with other manufacturers as well so it was good to hear it from a more professional painter. One question if I may. Lately, I have been having issues with the tape I use around the circumference of the page. I’ve tried several of late and they all have been tearing off the paper, either a thin layer or the entire edge, no matter who manufacturers the paper. What tape are you using? Yours pulled off very cleanly and I would like to try it. Thanks for this video. I enjoyed watching it and I feel I did learn a bit or two.

So glad I attempted it. Colours are so very pretty. Thank you so much Paul for this lovely tutorial

It’s wonderful. Thanks for sharing you art. 🩷

Love your work and techniques. Thank you for the inspiration.