Easy Watercolour Landscape - Tutorial 4

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Have a great time painting along with this step by step Easy Watercolour Landscape - Tutorial 4. You will learn how to do graduated washes with two different round sables. I still like my size 12 pure kolinsky sable over the size 20 synthetic sable so if you can save up the money I would always go for the pure kolinsky.
Any questions let me know! Links are in the description below! Enjoy! Happy painting!
The things you will need are:
Any round sable
2 inch hake brush (i use a Holbein)
Spray bottle
3m scotch magic tape
Arches 300gsm medium cold pressed 100% cotton rag paper
MDF board to attach the paper to using 3M magic tape
Colour used was paynes grey!
Enjoy!
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The three colours I will be using over the next 5 or more lessons will be yellow ochre, cobalt blue and light red. You could get these in any brand or quality but if you get them in Winsor & Newton Artist quality or Cotman then I know the quality will be good.
Paints
Winsor and Newton Artist Quality Tubes:
Cobalt Blue amazon: geni.us/Winsor...
Yellow Ochre amazon: geni.us/Yellow...
Light Red amazon: geni.us/LightR...
Winsor and Newton Cotman Tubes (student quality):
Cobalt Blue amazon: geni.us/cotman...
Light Red amazon: geni.us/cotman...
Yellow Ochre amazon: geni.us/cotman...
Tape
3M Scotch Magic Tape amazon: geni.us/Scotch...
3M Scotch Removable Tape amazon: geni.us/Scotch...
Brushes
Round Sable - Size 12 round kolinsky sable from amazon: geni.us/SAAKol...
Imitation sable - amazon: geni.us/Escoda...
Holbein Hake Brushes: geni.us/Holbei...
Equivalent Hake Brushe 2” amazon: geni.us/Winsor...
Nylon Flat Brush amazon: geni.us/NylonF...
Travel Brush set with covers amazon: geni.us/travel...
Mixing Brushes and other effect brushes amazon: geni.us/HogBri...
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: 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: geni.us/Arches...
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:
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.
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Mac Book Pro for editing: www.apple.com/
Friction arms
Manfrotto friction arm short one amazon: geni.us/Manfro...
Manfrotto magic arm longer one so my camera can be closer to the page from my overhead rig amazon: geni.us/manfro...
Neewer Friction arms cheaper than manfrotto and good for lighter things like lights from amazon: geni.us/neewer...
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[@filipzamec9671]

Love your style. Beautiful to watch and good selection of music too. Terrific 👍

[@versace1962]

Love your paintings. Always great tutorials. Thank you 😊

[@lizdouglas1952]

Absolutely Beautiful, Scott! This painting reminds me of the Scottish Highlands. Also, it's monochrome to me, which is amazing in itself. Thank you!😘💖

[@karolfrench5816]

Perfect. So want to walk in the mist and listen to the stillness

[@ScottSwinson]

Yes it would be great to visit some mountain ranges like this in the future...maybe china or even tasmania where I am from!

[@marcpearsall4225]

Scott, that was a terrific class. Very much appreciate you posting it for a newbie novice watercolour amateur. Beautiful.

[@Tonka-os9lt]

Super lesson from a super artist. Who on Earth would put a thumbs down??

[@ScottSwinson]

Hi Anthony! Thanks! Yes it is always interesting the thumbs down! Oh well, each to their own! All good! Glad you liked it! Cheers Scott

[@suzannefitzpatrick6404]

Brilliant!! Love your style

[@owens711]

Brilliant work mate , Happy cauld and rainy new year , from bonnie Scotland

[@ScottSwinson]

I love Scotland in all weathers! Will have to visit it next time I'm visiting family in Lancashire! Cheers mate!

[@antoniusardiyanto8331]

Thanks for your tutorial ..excellent..

[@MiraTulic]

Hvala Scott ...moj učitelj br. 1❤

[@user-ob9wv6yy6e]

這幅畫我可以試試..對初學水彩的我而言簡單一些..感謝老師的教導，🙏雖然我聽不懂，但用看的還是可以學習模仿的...😃

[@patsymccown2766]

This is great! I’ve watched it before but I always learn something new!

[@ScottSwinson]

Hi Patsy! Simple is important to do! 👍👍 I still learn things doing these sorts of exercises! 👍

[@suel4269]

This is what I want to get good at! Thankyou!

[@ScottSwinson]

Have fun! I’m sure you will! 👍

[@alisonlyons4691]

Thank you Scott, great stuff as always. Only just found this one. I must say our hills look like that today after a week of glorious sunshine. Take care Alioban x

[@ScottSwinson]

Yes I love receding hills. I was recently in Tasmania visiting family and the blue of the distant hills was amazing! 👍👍

[@su3449]

I am so happy to discover your site purely by accident. I watch your tutorials every chance I get and impressed with all your work. I can't wait to try this painting. It's so elegant and peaceful paint. I like your limited colors of painting. I will be your most enthusiastic fan. Thank you.

[@ScottSwinson]

Hi Su, thanks for your kind words! I do love painting in watercolour. It is always great to be excited about what you are going to paint next! Good luck and if I can ever help let me know. 👍🙏

[@teresamaxia4390]

beautiful🥰

[@parachute5274]

Wonderful tutorial, thank you. I'm going to take a big jump from botanic painting to loose landscapes. You've really inspired me!

[@Mr.S65]

Nib pens are also very helpful to paint branches/ trees. The first thing I learned when I started with watercolors a couple of months ago, was to make gradients the size of an ant, but NEVER to paint a whole landscape like you did here. These tutorials are great. Thank you.

[@ScottSwinson]

Glad you like it Mr S! It's a fun path to be on! Learning about watercolours! 👍

[@leeojascastro711]

Cannot wait to try this!

[@ScottSwinson]

Hi Lee! Have fun! 👍

[@carolafranzobernitz3515]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge and skills 👍👍👍

[@ScottSwinson]

Hi Carola! You are always welcome! 👍👍

[@merrymaryland]

Thank you so much for your tutorials! I'm only just starting out, taking my first babysteps into painting. I love your style a lot, so atmospheric and free. Big thanks from Germany!

[@ScottSwinson]

Hi Merry! Glad you like the videos! There should be quite a few to help you get started especially the early videos!! Hope things are ok over there in Germany! 🇩🇪 👍🙏

[@merrymaryland]

@@ScottSwinson Thank you, Scott! How nice to get a reply from you! Things are okayish over here - still in lockdown, but I'm a teacher and they sent us back face2face last week. We'll see how that's gonna go. I'm guessing we'll be back to virtual/quarantine/yet another wave before long. But for now, thanks a million for your videos. They are truly helpful and inspiring - and taking my mind off things... :)

[@ScottSwinson]

Glad you like the videos! And a bit of face to face must be refreshing! Or maybe not in teaching!!! Lol!! Happy painting!! 👍

[@SetuWengiArt]

It's my first time being exposed to that painting technique. Amazing. I love Chinese landscape painting, and your video provides me one of the how-to. Thank you for posting this video...

[@ScottSwinson]

Hi Setu, yes watercolours and graduated washes are lovely for that style of painting! Glad you enjoyed it. There are a couple of other videos on my channel you could watch on painting Chinese style landscapes. Thanks for watching! 🙏👍

[@carolinafernandezoro733]

Awesome!!!!

[@ScottSwinson]

Thanks Carolina! Let me know how you get on! Cheers Scott

[@reslerOE]

great Tutorial, thanks Scott

[@ScottSwinson]

Hans-Juerg Resler no worries Hans, glad you liked it!

[@shahistabegum320]

Fantastic tutorial explained so well, thank you!

[@ScottSwinson]

Hi Shahista glad it was helpful! Cheers Scott

[@arnoldgarson7173]

just finished # 4 once again excellent explanations.yours is the most useful lessons looking forward tot the next few. hope you can do some more colourful ones .thanks

[@ScottSwinson]

Hi Arnold, glad you liked that video and some of the others. I will endeavour to do some more colourful ones as well! Thanks! 👍🙏

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Wonderful!!!!...thank you so much Scott!!!

[@ScottSwinson]

You are welcome Alana! Glad you liked it! 👍

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Lovely Scott! 💕

[@ScottSwinson]

Thanks Connie! 👍

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Fabulous..love it..thank you so much 💕

[@ScottSwinson]

Hi Tanya! You are always welcome! 👍🙏

[@joe56474]

Absolutely love your style. I just started with acrylics and already think I want to switch to watercolors LOL

[@ScottSwinson]

Yes switch to watercolours! They are such an amazing medium and once you understand them they are such a joy!

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Well, I did it. I switched to watercolors. Never had so much fun making art before!

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great lesson! Thank you Scott!

[@ScottSwinson]

+Marisa Calvo no worries Marisa! Glad you like it! I’m a bit behind my normal schedule as we are travelling around the Uk and internet is variable! Next one coming soon! 👍 thanks for watching!

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Just love it! Thanks for sharing.

[@ScottSwinson]

Hi Brian. No worries. Glad you liked yhe exercise! 👍

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Geniale!😊

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Thank you. Great job in teaching. Love it ❤️

[@ScottSwinson]

Thanks Janet! 👍🙏

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Very nice!

[@ScottSwinson]

Thanks Lulia! 👍🙏

[@erieri69]

Ciao Scott! Appena finito il 4 Tutorial Grazie di cuore le emozioni continuano. Una volta ti scrivero per alcune informazioni sui materiali, specialmente sui colori. Mi farò aiutare dai miei figli che per fortuna sanno l'inglese ;) La traduzione automatica di KZbin in italiano fa un po' di confusione... Io continuo intanto a fare esercizio e grazie ancora le tue lezioni mi stanno insegnando moltissimo!!!

[@ScottSwinson]

Hi Erieri, glad you like the vidoes. Feel free to ask any questions about the colours and materials. I use Winsor and Newton artist quality watercolours and that painting was done using paynes grey. Good luck! 👍

[@arnoldgarson7173]

great explanation i am painting along with you regards fron Toronto

[@ScottSwinson]

Hi Arnold! That’s great! I hope you enjoy the videos! Any questions let me know! 👍🙏

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Hi Barbara, thanks! I’m glad you find it informative and helpful. I love watercolour and I think it isn’t as hard as everyone says if you understand the medium. Good luck on your watercolour journey and thanks for subscribing! 👍🙏

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[@ScottSwinson]

Thanks Sanne! 👍

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I’ll have to use google translate! Hope you liked it! 👍👍

[@parsleybrain]

Love the result, Scott. Thanks for sharing. Do you stretch your paper before painting?

[@ScottSwinson]

Hi parsleybrain, thanks! Thanks! I don’t stretch the paper before I paint. I like just being able to start painting and so I use 280-300gsm paper and this works for me most of the time. When I paint large I should probably stretch the paper. Thanks for watching! 👍

[@parsleybrain]

@@ScottSwinson I was just wandering because you used several washes and your paper looked just fine.

[@VSShilpa]

Thank you for the lovely painting tutorials, Scott. Ideally, what size paper do you use?. The link to the paper lead me to a search result that had multiple sizes.

[@ScottSwinson]

Hi Shilpa, the best size for most exercises is probably A5. It’s small and makes it less stressful. 👍👍

[@VSShilpa]

@@ScottSwinson Thanks for the reply.

[@sperrins595]

Fabulous as always!! How does your paper never buckle?

[@ScottSwinson]

On this demo I think I was using 300gsm arches. It has a fair bit of sizing snd do buckles less than other papers. You can pre stretch but I’m never organised enough to do that! 👍👍

[@celestesource9460]

Thank you very much for demonstration. Did you modified your fan brush ??? 🤔 🧐 🤨 👌🏻 😇

[@ScottSwinson]

Hi Celeste, the Dan brush I used was my 20 year old fan brush that is missing many bristles! It just makes more interesting marks on the page. You can use as my fan brush or you could cut some hairs off a spare fan brush to make it interesting! Good luck! Thanks for watching! 🙏

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Thank you Scott for reply. Stay safe and healthy...

[@jiumijiumi5431]

很有中国画的风格

[@ScottSwinson]

Yes many of my paintings are quite Chinese or eastern. My mentor Tony Smibert is influenced by eastern philosophy and painting techniques. So that has passed onto me. Thanks for watching. 👍