How to Paint a Variegated Wash

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In this video I show you how to paint a variegated wash while also talking in detail about how brushes work to lay pigment or water down on the page or pick it up. It is really important when painting in watercolour to really get to know your paper, brushes and paints. They become your friends. You don't want to go changing friends all the time as you won't get to know them well otherwise.

This simple watercolour landscape which would be a good exercise for a beginner learning to work wet in wet or wet on wet. There are a lot of lessons in this video that are pretty important to grasp.

I used Arches cold pressed 300gsm paper about A5 size. I used yellow ochre, cobalt blue, mix of cobalt blue and light red, burnt umber and raw umber. I used the 1 inch hake brush and round sable and flat nylon brush.

Let me know if you have any questions. I have learnt most of my watercolour from Tony Smibert his books can be found on the links below. They are all fantastic!

Tony Smibert’s Books for Sale:

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  



My Two Most Popular Videos on Youtube:

Large Abstract Watercolour May 2020:    • Large Abstract Watercolor May 2020  
What to Know When Starting Watercolour (2020):    • What to Know When Starting Watercolour (2020)  


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

Winsor and Newton Cotman Tubes (student quality):
Cobalt Blue amazon: https://geni.us/cotmancobaltblue
Light Red amazon: https://geni.us/cotmanlightred
Yellow Ochre amazon: https://geni.us/cotmanyellowochre

Tape
3M Scotch Magic Tape amazon: https://geni.us/ScotchMagicTape19mm
3M Scotch Removable Tape amazon: https://geni.us/ScotchRemovableTape

Brushes
Round Sable - Size 12 round kolinsky sable from amazon: https://geni.us/SAAKolinskySable

Imitation sable - amazon: https://geni.us/EscodaRoundSable

Holbein Hake Brushes: https://geni.us/HolbeinHakeBrushes

Equivalent Hake Brushe 2” amazon: https://geni.us/WinsorNewtonHake

Nylon Flat Brush amazon: https://geni.us/NylonFlatBrush

Travel Brush set with covers amazon: https://geni.us/travelbrushset

Mixing Brushes and other effect brushes amazon: https://geni.us/HogBristleBrushes

If you just want two hogs bristle brushes then the best thing to do is to head to your local art supplies store and buy them there.

Watercolour Paper
Arches 300gsm medium cold pressed pad amazon: https://geni.us/ArchesPad

Arches 300gsm medium cold pressed block which is glued on the outside so you don’t have to stick it down on a board amazon: https://geni.us/ArchesWatercolourPaper

Rives BFK etching paper. Probably best to source this from your local store so you can look after the paper and not have it posted unless you are buying a large amount of paper and it will be looked after. There is nothing worse than getting hundreds of sheets all with a indent in them. Having said that you can actually source this paper from amazon:

https://geni.us/RivesBFK

Some people have been extremely happy with the state of the paper when it arrived (and some not!)

I love this paper it is soft and lights are lifted easily from it.


Equipment Used to Film Each Episode

Camera - Canon 6d mark II with 24-105 lens amazon: https://geni.us/Canon6dMarkII

Iphone 11: https://geni.us/iphone11pro256gb 

Rode Video Mic Pro amazon: https://geni.us/RodeVidMicPro

I also use: Rode Wireless Go Mic: https://geni.us/rodewirelessmic 

Aputure LED Lights from amazon: https://geni.us/apurtureH198light

Aputure LED Lights with stand from amazon: https://geni.us/aputureledlight

Mac Book Pro for editing: https://www.apple.com/

Friction arms
Manfrotto friction arm short one amazon: https://geni.us/ManfrottoMicroFriction

Manfrotto magic arm longer one so my camera can be closer to the page from my overhead rig amazon: https://geni.us/manfrottofrictionarm

Neewer Friction arms cheaper than manfrotto and good for lighter things like lights from amazon: https://geni.us/neewerfrictionarm

Hard Drive for storage WD 4TB amazon: https://geni.us/WDHardDrive

Hard Drive for projects Samsung T5 500GB SSD amazon: https://geni.us/SamsungT5SSD

Manfrotto Tripod and Video Head amazon: https://geni.us/ManfrottoTripodHybrid