What to Know When Starting Watercolour (2020)

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In this video I paint a landscape of early morning light Dolls Point, Sydney, Australia. It is helpful to know when starting out in watercolour and painting on a large scale how to go about doing this. I start with a wash so raw sienna then dry then I wet the whole page with a wide hake brush then bring in the sky (mix of light red and cobalt blue) and retain the white of the page for the bright area shining through the clouds.

If you have any questions feel free to ask me. Sorry about my head getting in the way a couple of times.

When you are starting to paint in watercolour you might want to paint on a smaller scale but it is still good to paint with strong pigment and a big brush that way you will be painting big picture rather than getting bogged down by too much detail. It helps if you are referring to a photo which I was, to squint when looking at it as this helps you to just see the dark darks and light lights and paint accordingly.

Enjoy! :)

Previous videos on:

Paper: https://youtu.be/nDFz_ZvEe3s

Paints: https://youtu.be/ajG71Jo535g

Brushes: https://youtu.be/Ni-QwWhr9DI

Paints in 7 Minutes: https://youtu.be/IaHT1TVSrWc

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

Photo Editing - Affinity Photo: https://geni.us/AffinityPhoto
I use this for any photo editing that I might need to do such as stitching multiple scanned images of my original artwork together. It is a one off expense ($70 at time of writing this) rather than the monthly fee you have to pay with photoshop.

Youtube Thumbnails - Canva - free and easy to use! https://geni.us/CanvaImageEditing

Video Editing - Final Cut Pro X - https://geni.us/FinalCutProApple

Reflector 3 software so I can see what is on my iphone screen - https://geni.us/Reflector3

Galvanised Steel for the overhead rig from bunnings - https://geni.us/Bunnings

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