Thanks for watching! I paint for myself and I post my videos simply to share my process, and I am not expecting my artworks to look perfect to every person who sees them as we all have different tastes and expectations of what things should look like. The painting looks complete to me, the artist who created it, and it's the main thing 😊
Wow!! I gotta ask: can you please share what that granulating brown is that you used? Such a beautiful pigment! And the effects you achieved with your wet on wet technique are amazing👌
Thank you for watching and for your kind words! That brown is Transparent Red Oxide by Daniel Smith - I love its 'rusty' granulation. It is amazing in mixes, especially with French Ultramarine Blue, it is one of my favourite colour combinations.
It’s called a hake brush - it has goat hair, and it is a very handy watercolour painting tool, as it creates expressive marks and it also blends the colours very well.
Thank you for your kind words! The paper is 100% cotton cold press, it might be Baohong paper but I am not sure. An art supplies store in Sydney (Parker's Art Supplies) sells these under their own name.
Your work is balm for the spirit- thank you! Guessing the paints here: Quin Gold, Green Gold, Goethite, Potters Pink, Perylene Green and of course TRO. ?
Thank you for your kind words! You got many of them right! I think they were Aussie Red Gold, Quin.Gold, Potter's Pink, Green Gold, Perylene Green, Burnt Tiger's Eye Genuine, and Indigo.
Hey! This looks wonderful! I am getting my very first watercolor palette myself on wednesday! I am watching some videos to get acquainted with water color. I am assuming you wet your paper first and then paint on it? (Do you still wet your brush even though the paper is wet?) Also, I am assuming you create those roads by getting a dry brush to absorb some of the paint? Do you have some more tips for beginners? Thanks!
Thanks for watching! Have fun discovering the magic of watercolours - they truly are the most wonderful medium. I did paint most of this scene using the wet into wet technique - I wet the paper first and then add the paint for the soft look and smooth edges and colour transitions. I do wet the brush, in fact it is constantly wet, to get the watercolours flow better. And the path was lifted out using a damp brush - well spotted! I have a ton of real-time demonstration videos on my channel where I add quick notes and explanations of what I am doing - these notes would be quite helpful to a beginner. Happy painting!!
Thank you so much! When I shoot my videos, I usually have a very rough idea of a scene but I often end up with a completely different result as I watch what watercolours create for me on paper and follow their lead. So it is a little bit of both previsualisation and improvisation.
I can't remember for sure as it's been a while since I painted this one but I think they were Aussie Red Gold, Quinacridone Gold, Potter's Pink, Green Gold, Perylene Green, Burnt Tiger's Eye Genuine, Transparent Red Oxide, Indigo.
You make it look so easy. Meanwhile I am thinking "How does she know where to put her colors like that?' Do you use a reference photo or is this all from your imagination?
Thank you so much! It does become easier with practice. This one was painted from my imagination - I do use reference photos occasionally but painting freely without any reference is my favourite way to create...
