Japanese rice field at evening time – Watercolor demonstration – Intermediate lesson

In the autumn of 2022, I visited a village called Akitsuki. This is a beautiful village in Fukuoka prefecture, Japan. It was a family trip. And at the end of the day, I wandered around some rice fields and came across the beautiful scene below.

In the video lesson below, I show you how to paint this scene in 5 simple stages.

Video lesson

Main materials

3 Brushes

Mop or quill brush	10 mm or just over 3/8” width
Pointed oval	10 mm or 3/5” width
Liner

6 Paints

Phthalo Blue (Red Shade)	Ultramarine blue is also okay.
Cobalt Turquoise Light	Cerulean is also okay.
Permanent Alizarin Crimson
Yellow Ochre
Imidazolone Lemon	Aureolin is okay.
Titanium white	Any white will do.

Note

If you don’t have these colors and can’t wait then just use the colors you’ve got.

Paper

Watercolor paper

34 x 24 cms (13” x 10”)

Reference photo

Reference painting

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