How to use Watercolor Loose Painting Techniques for Beginners

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This is a very loose watercolour! Working wet in wet with mostly hake brushes I attempt to paint a stormy seascape! It evolves over time and this will be the first part of two as I later decided that it was not finished and kept going! The part 2 will be up next week!

I would love to know what you all think of the different versions especially after the second video!

You have to be careful with any whites with watercolour that they don't get in your bowls of wash and that they don't generally turn your painting to a muted grey.

Hope you enjoyed this video!

Paper:
Rives BFK etching paper, 280gsm, white, 100% cotton, acid free by Arches

Paints:
Cerulean Blue
Cobalt Blue
Mix of Cobalt Blue and Light Red
Mix of Winsor Blue (red shade) and Light Red
Raw Umber
Ph Martin's Bleed Proof White

Brushes:
2 inch Holbein Hake x 2
1 Inch Holbein Hake x 2
Pure Kolinsky Round Sable
Flat Nylon
Tooth Brush
Spray Bottle
Series 7 Round Sable Winsor and Newton Size 0

Other:
MDF Board
3M Magic Tape
Spray Bottle
Tooth Brush

Paper:

Rives BFK Etching Paper by Arches
https://geni.us/RivesBFKEtching

Below are some alternatives that are cheaper.

Alternatives to Rives BFK Etching Paper:
Saunders Waterford Watercolour Paper Sheets 300gsm cold pressed 100% cotton from your local art supplies store. Or the links from amazon below.
Sheets of 425gsm:https://geni.us/SaundersWaterford

Hahnemuhle Etching Paper Sheets 300gsm (75% cotton 25% high alpha cellulose)
https://geni.us/HahnemuhleEtchingPaper

I can get Hahnemuhle sheets (53cm x 78cm) for $11.50 Australian from my local art store when buying them one at a time. This gives me 16 sheets of A5 which is much cheaper than buying a pad. If you can afford to buy 50 sheets at a time that can save you a lot of money!

Paints:
Cotman Student Quality Paints
Cobalt Blue amazon: https://geni.us/cotmancobaltblue
Light Red amazon: https://geni.us/cotmanlightred
Yellow Ochre amazon: https://geni.us/cotmanyellowochre

Winsor and Newton Artist Quality Paints
Cobalt Blue amazon: https://geni.us/WinsorNewtonCobaltBlue
Yellow Ochre amazon: https://geni.us/YellowOchreTube
Light Red amazon: https://geni.us/LightRedTube

Brushes:
Size 12 Round Sable
Pure Kolinsky Round Sable Size 12 - Cornellisen (quite expensive over $150)
https://geni.us/PureKolinskySableSize
https://geni.us/IsabeyPureKolinsky
or
Synthetic Round Sable Size 12 - Micadore For Artists - roymac Revolution Taklon - ($20)
https://geni.us/SyntheticRound

Hake Brushes x 3-4 (you could also get a wide 6”-8” hake brush if you wanted to)
Holbein 2.5” Hake Brush (my preference)
Holbein 2” Hake Brush (my preference)
Holbein 1” Hake Brush (my preference)
https://geni.us/HolbeinHakeBrush
or
Ron Ranson Large Hake Brush (about 2”)
Ron Ranson Small Hake Brush (about 1”)
https://geni.us/RonRanson

Flat Nylon
Long Flat Nylon - Robert Wade Neef 980 Taklon Wash: https://geni.us/RobertWadeNylon

Fan Brush
Fan Brush (I own size 1’s mainly and a size 6) - can be any brand really - I own two Winsor and Newton size 1 fan brushes and an Art Spectrum Series 1000FAN size 6.
I would get Hogs Hair Fan Brushes as they make more interesting marks but that is always personal preference. Some cheap ones on amazon are on the link below:
https://geni.us/DugatoFanBrushSet

Small Round Sable
Series 7 size ‘0’ Winsor and Newton Finish Round Sable (lovely small brush but more expensive than synthetic): https://geni.us/Series7WinsorandNewton

A cheaper alternative to the series 7 round sable is: Size 00 Winsor and Newton Cotman Round
https://geni.us/CotmanRound00

Other:
Spray Bottle Large Garden One: https://geni.us/AdjustableSprayBottle
Small Spray Bottle for a Finer Spray: https://geni.us/SmallSprayBottle
MDF Board: https://geni.us/MDFBoard
Bowls for the paints: https://geni.us/WhiteBowls
Jars for the water: https://geni.us/GlassJars
Vase for the water: https://geni.us/SquareVase or
https://geni.us/LargeWashingOutJar
Razor Blade: https://geni.us/StanleyRazorBlades
Small Knife: https://geni.us/SwissArmyCard
Pencil B, HB or 2B: https://geni.us/StaedtlerPencils
Tweezers from a Swiss Card: https://geni.us/SwissArmyCard
Scotch 3M Magic Tape (Green Packet): https://geni.us/ScotchMagicTape19mm
Scotch 3M Removable Tape (Blue Packet): https://geni.us/ScotchRemovableTape
Aligloss - used as my desktop and palette: https://geni.us/AliglossCompositePanel

Tony Smiberts Books
Turners Apprentice: A Watercolour Masterclass: https://geni.us/TurnersApprentice
Painting Landscapes from your Imagination: https://geni.us/TrlbvxR
How to Paint Like Turner: https://geni.us/PaintLikeTurner
How Turner Painted: https://geni.us/HowTurnerPainted