Full watercolor painting step by step demonstration of a sunset and its reflection on a beach.

Painting a sunset and its reflection on a beach with watercolor. Watercolour step by step.
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Here are the subjects covered in this video:
1. Painting waves
2. Rocks with foam
3. Sunset sky and the sea
4. Painting reflections on a beach
5. How to preserve the white in sea spray
6. Painting realistic rocks
7. Capturing motion in waves and spray
8. Figures in motion
9. How to paint wet sand
10. Painting Norfolk Pines
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Mastering Watercolors - A Practical Guide.
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Both books are available in kindle format and paperback.
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[@-alexandra-7135]

thanks for the detailed explanation of what you do each step and why you do it, its really helpful

[@JoeCartwright]

Glad it was helpful!

[@lilianrokushima2272]

I love you paint and detail explanation. It’s fantastic. Thanks for sharing.

[@JoeCartwright]

You are so welcome!

[@halinateller2665]

Thank you so much for patiently teaching us watercolor painting. I am learning so much! Already using the technique of wetting the back and the front of WC paper,gives me more time!

[@JoeCartwright]

Good to hear. I don't wet the front however, unless I am painting a fog or misty scene. That way I can still create hard edged white shapes (just the paper color) in the sky.

[@riesalipschitz3035]

A wonderful lesson, Joe…I am learning and understanding so much more! Great to have the reference photo in view. Thanks.

[@JoeCartwright]

Glad it was helpful Riesa! Feedback is always appreciated. :-)

[@nancytestani1470]

Lovely, lovely,lovely

[@JoeCartwright]

Thanks.

[@vcd6038]

Finally watching this video and really learning a lot on cloud formations. Thanks, it is a great help.

[@JoeCartwright]

Glad it was helpful!

[@liviariviello9474]

Che opera meravigliosa!

[@JoeCartwright]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@grantellis2840]

Wow, thanks so much Joe, learnt a lot from this session and need to have more control over how I use my colours and not mixing up the same colour over and over again. Using the colours already mixed is something I struggle with but slowly getting better. Once again, Thank you so much Joe for sharing your knowledge and skills with us, I for one greatly appreciate your time and effort you put into these demo's for us

[@JoeCartwright]

Glad it was helpful Grant!

[@dianahanna7334]

Thank you Joe, wonderful video lesson ! Learning so much and admiring your beautiful work and your briliant teaching skills!

[@JoeCartwright]

My pleasure!Glad you are enjoying the videos!

[@lindagemmell8176]

Great video, thanks for sharing your talent, just discovered your video's. Will definitely be trying out some of your tutorials. Thanks from sunny Scotland 😊

[@JoeCartwright]

Welcome aboard! Have fun.

[@Elena141961]

какой подробный мастеркласс!! огромное спасибо,рисую вместе с вами!

[@JoeCartwright]

You are welcome.

[@luisaavelar4134]

Beautiful painting!👌Thanks for sharing 😊

[@JoeCartwright]

My pleasure 😊

[@Magic65750]

I love seeing the reference photo

[@JoeCartwright]

Thanks for the feedback.

[@handymotte9937]

Thank you for you great lessons I`m so happy that I found you on You Tube Channel. May be it`s possible to show us how to paint shadows in watercolor. I think the color and intensity of the shadow is very important. Many greetings from Germany, Petra .

[@JoeCartwright]

Already done! 😊 Here is the link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eaC8pn5ro86smck Glad to hear you are enjoying my videos.

[@handymotte9937]

Thank you Joe. I`m happy you solved my problem with a very good video@@JoeCartwright

[@JoeCartwright]

@@handymotte9937 Glad to hear!

[@yvetteafrangui518]

Thank you Joe so much for a lovely painting I enjoy so much watching you and how you explain do you wet the back the back of the paper twice and not the front?

[@JoeCartwright]

I wet the back twice, then mix colors, then wet back again, them wet the board. I do not wet the front. :-)

[@yvetteafrangui518]

@@JoeCartwright Thank you for your quick respond.

[@JoeCartwright]

@@yvetteafrangui518 You are welcome.

[@otacos4106]

Beautiful

[@JoeCartwright]

Thank you

[@boetaboer]

Oh man, if I only could...

[@JoeCartwright]

It just takes practice, one painting at a time. :-)

[@lesleyfox6934]

Thanks Joe wonderful demonstration, I learnt alot

[@JoeCartwright]

Glad it was helpful!

[@rosannako4694]

A very useful totorial! Thank you for sharing. May I ask if all refection in clear water always lighter than the original sibjects?

[@JoeCartwright]

The general guideline is that reflections of dark objects are lighter and reflections for light objects are darker. This is because of the merging of the color of the water with the color of the reflections. In this case the reflection is also changed by the color of the sand just below the surface of the water.

[@rosannako4694]

@@JoeCartwright Thank you so much for your clear explanations !

[@beepboop7896]

Hi sir, I recently found your channel while looking for watercolor lessons. Your demonstrations are really helpful. I saw from other channels that they also wet the back of their paper before painting to make it cling to a surface, but they only wet it once. Is there a reason why you wet the back of your paper many times at the beginning before wetting it again right before you start?

[@JoeCartwright]

The paper can absorb a great deal of water, which is why paint on the front dries so quickly. I have found that by wetting the back and the board a number of times I can paint for much longer without the need to use a spray bottle. My board has a porous serface, which is why I wet it a couple of times. I will be doing a video on this topic soon as I have received a number of questions about it.

[@beepboop7896]

So that’s how people are able to work on their painting for a longer time without it drying too fast. I have struggled with this issue for a long time. I also watched your spray bottle tutorial earlier and will try both methods. Thank you sir!

[@JoeCartwright]

@@beepboop7896 You are very welcome. Glad I could help.

[@gloriaderteano9785]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@JoeCartwright]

Thank you.

[@sherrym.2413]

Thanks for the demo and for sharing your thoughts as you paint. So helpful. Wonderful painting! I do want to ask what palette you are using? Thanks Joe

[@JoeCartwright]

You are so welcome! The palette I use is one that I designed myself and printed on the 3D printer. I wanted a palette that I could use in my studio and when plein air painting. So far I have not found a viable process to mass produce it. The main thing is to have a palette that holds lots of paint and with 3 to 4 large mixing areas.