Painting a Cemetery: Plein Air Watercolor Landscape Techniques

This video demos watercolor techniques for plein air landscape painting in a cemetery in Widstoe, Utah. The process is explained step by step, from the sketching process into finalizing the details in the paintings. Watercolor is combined with alcohol based brush pen markers to blend and create dramatic color effects. Demo led by Art Prof Clara Lieu.
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Clara Lieu was an Adjunct Professor at the Rhode Island School of Design from 2007-2020. Her artwork has been exhibited at the International Print Center NY, the Currier Museum, Childs Gallery, the Davis Museum, and more. Lieu received an artist fellowship from the MA Cultural Council, has written for the NY Times, and lectured at Brown University, the NAEA conference, and in Vancouver & China. She has been profiled in Artsy, Hyperallergic, KPCC, & WBUR.
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[@iffatmeem756]

I love how you explain everything so beautifully. I can listen to you speaking all day.

[@artprof]

So nice of you! -Prof Lieu

[@sunshinegirl2015]

This feels so very somber and yet uplifting in a way. I've always felt like I was intruding to be in a graveyard.. but I imagine it would be very touching to have someone care enough to paint the place where loved ones were. It's like you are recording the strange beauty of the place.

[@artprof]

What a lovely comment, tysm for sharing! -Prof Lieu

[@vsepr.creative]

Gorgeous painting, and I learned a lot watching your brush work. Also love hearing the story of your experience and reasoning with this painting.

[@victoriamayes1070]

As a small town girl....ive seen some types of the decor u saw at my hometown cemetary....i hav a feeling one person did decorate...the graves give off a feeling of lost and forgotten but someone wanted them to feel loved....i find cemeteries and abandoned places very interesting subjects

[@nanaholmgren3895]

I've never seen a cemetery look like that before. It's like an eerie carnival. I'm so happy you shared this with us and the pieces you made are beautiful and ominous.

[@artprof]

"Eerie carnival" is so perfectly worded! -Prof Lieu

[@margaretcaton2657]

What a lovely video - absolutely riveting. You gave such dignity to this poignant place - and produced two great paintings. Thank you.

[@artprof]

I'm so glad you enjoyed the video, thank you! -Prof Lieu

[@yugvirparhar]

Oh my god, the cemetery itself feels so sad but somehow the knick knacks make me feel comfortable. Idk how to explain it

[@artprof]

It truly is such an odd combination of visuals and emotions! -Prof Lieu

[@Alejo14504]

In my hometown Tegucigalpa, Honduras there is this one cementery that has so many plastic flowers and wind toys that it almost looks like a playground. I I think is the families effort to show they care with pretty things

[@artprof]

That sounds amazing! -Prof Lieu

[@karolinagajkowska-kuty7983]

Cemeteries are so inspiring!

[@emiliabugueiromeyer8166]

I love these videos! When you show your thought process and inspirations, so motivating!

[@artprof]

Thanks for watching ! -Prof Lieu

[@sjshapir]

The painting is lovely. It has a real sense of the loss demonstrated by the items near the grave.

[@Sides3Sides]

What a fascinating site 🌹

[@lisah336]

Small town cemeteries have a lot of interesting history.

[@karinmitschang9734]

Oh what a treat, thank you so much for this ♥️♥️♥️ I know how much work the editing is 😁

[@artprof]

Hahaha thanks! People often think these videos just get thrown together, but it’s a massive amount of work to edit! -Prof Lieu

[@maryh923]

Your videos always inspire me...going to a cemetery is brilliant! Not too sure I would go alone @;^>

[@artprof]

Haha, it's probably safest to go with other people! - Mia Rozear, Art Prof Staff

[@undines3979]

This was wonderful, I love plein air painting, and I love your videos of plein air painting Clara. Thank you for sharing with us this experience. I think the paintings turned out beautiful. The bright colors against the more somber background pulls at the heart.

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Thank you for such a thoughtful comment! -Prof Lieu

[@ritawilbur7343]

Okay, you are totally convincing me to start using my sumi brushes for watercolor painting. I also like how you use the brush to do your sketch.

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Sumi brushes were a game changer for me! -Prof Lieu

[@marynelson1349]

Beautiful

[@BrazenSpirituality]

Thanks. I love this! I. Am entering the fall raffle. Have a great holiday!

[@lisacurtis8162]

I loved both of them. I think I really like your style of painting. Thank you.

[@7AngelicEnigma7]

Really glad you got the time to edit this video these are some really lovely paintings. Omg props for keeping on painting despite the flys I would have lost it at them

[@artprof]

I know, the flies are horrifying!! One of the only downsides of painting on site, haha - Mia, Art Prof Staff

[@bluewren65]

What a fabulous cemetery. I love this kind of unrestrained creativity. It certainly looks like the work of a child who is trying his best to honour the dead-'uns. I understand why cemeteries have the restrictions on decoration that you spoke about, but it ends up with a place that is more curated and less about individual expressions of love and grief. I wonder whether the tightness in the second painting was due to the use of brush pens? Or perhaps it was simply the use of saturated colour pulling you from your usual loose practice. There's a lot of detail in that second scene and distilling that down to it's kinetic essence is bound to take more than one iteration.

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I'm going to blame it on the color! 😂 -Prof Lieu

[@bluewren65]

@@artprof No worries. I've got your back. Monochrome away!

[@jbspiszer908]

It's so cool seeing you work on location! Love this!

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Sooooooo fun!!! -Prof Lieu

[@basil116]

ooo I'm so excited for this video! I was waiting for it since it was mentioned in one of the streams :)

[@coffeewithroomforcream]

I feel like this is very typical of a rural cemetery in an economically depressed area. There's not as much gatekeepers with regard to the quality or aesthetics of the decorations, and fake flowers are waaaaay cheaper than real ones, and don't need to be watered. Part of me hates it because to my eye it's really tacky, and the other part of me who grew up here and has watched all the factories close and the union jobs leave completely understands the need to economize. I enjoyed this glimpse into life in rural Utah as much as I enjoyed the painting content! Thank you for sharing. ❤️

[@artprof]

I feel like every cemetery has history and stories so deep I could study them for years and years. There will always be more to paint! Thanks for watching :) - Mia, Art Prof Staff

[@boom3122]

What paper were you using throughout this video? I thought it was Arches since you can see the border thats around the cover of their blocks but the description says it was a Winsor and Newton watercolour block.

[@artprof]

Yes you're right! That's a mistake, I was using Arches WC paper! I fixed the video description too, thanks for catching that. -Prof Lieu

[@jadajohnson3678]

Can you post more oil painting videos because I just got an oil painting medium and I want to do a landscape

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Yes, on our list! -Prof Lieu

[@neilagangitlog]

Why does this have so little views? So underrated

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Only the specialist most fantastic people find our videos... just kidding, it's probably the algorithm :/ but you ARE special and fantastic! - Mia Rozear, Art Prof Share

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