Step by Step Atmospheric Bluebell Woods Watercolour Tutorial

[@Artisjoy5320]

This painting is stunning Karen. I am so inspired by this new addition as well as your other blue bell forest scape tutorials. I always learn so much. Thank you for being such a great teacher.

[@KarenRiceArt]

You are so welcome

[@vidhyasankarasubramanian9887]

Dear karen . This is a breathtaking painting . ❤❤❤

[@KarenRiceArt]

Thank you so much 😊

[@janebaxter841]

Geezz Karen, I was pretty impressed at 14.48 and had it been mine happy to finish, but then booyah! You took it to another level and beyond. Fabulous. All hail.

[@KarenRiceArt]

Wow! Thank you 😊

[@natatron]

Wow I'm blown away at how breathtaking this painting is!

[@KarenRiceArt]

Thank you Natalie!!

[@alicerainey9649]

Thanks for the detailed layering technique. Will certainly help in the future.

[@KarenRiceArt]

So pleased you found this helpful 😊

[@martinelindemann481]

Oooh my goodness , thanks Karen...wath a beautiful painting ! I must try this 🥰 ... wish you a lovely weekend with lots of sunshine ☀

[@KarenRiceArt]

Thank you so much 😊

[@marwar819]

Sooooo lovely. Very generous of you to demonstrate. Thank you.

[@KarenRiceArt]

You are so welcome 😊

[@stephencynthiascherry6340]

I am so inspired by your step by step descriptions! You’ve given me the confidence I need to crack open my paint box! Thanks so much!

[@KarenRiceArt]

I am so pleased this has given you confidence 😊

[@maggs131]

Years ago it was Nita Engle and her amazing work I saw in one of the books she published that convinced me to give watercolor a go. You are as equally talented and this video is proof

[@KarenRiceArt]

Nota Engle is an amazing artist! Thank you for sharing! 😀

[@chrischurchley7003]

Just beautiful Karen - so atmospheric ❤. I loved your tree bark techniques - giving them texture and light makes such a difference and you managed to hold back on the spongeing! Stunning result 👏. Huge thanks 🙏

[@KarenRiceArt]

Thank you so much Chris! So pleased you like this one 😊

[@melbay8727]

Thanks Karen I love all of your tutorials. You are such an inspiration! ❤

[@KarenRiceArt]

Thank you so much!

[@pattycyr8662]

Very pretty! What a happy magical feel there is to the painting! Thanks so much for your videos and for inspiring us.

[@KarenRiceArt]

Thank you Patty!

[@HeiderosesPhotograph]

This is absolutely gorgeous and magical. I just was 2 weeks ago in a forest and those bluebells spread like a carpet between the trees. TFS

[@KarenRiceArt]

Thank you for sharing 😊

[@lindabullock6159]

Amazing painting! Beautiful! I’m going to try it after watching your video on Nita Engle. Thank you!

[@KarenRiceArt]

I hope you enjoy painting this one 😊

[@bellammmp]

Beautiful! It's given me such good inspiration for a painting I'd like to try... thank you!

[@optimisticgal]

Love this, and the colours. Thanks for the ongoing description and colour mixing it helps so much! Makes me want to walk into the painting!

[@KarenRiceArt]

So pleased you like this one!

[@joelle5418]

Very beautifull, i'll try to paint it. Thank you for your step by step....

[@KarenRiceArt]

You are so welcome

[@tamra9124]

My goodness! How gorgeous the salt effect was for this painting. The salt in itself looks just like leaves, if leaves were white, you could've just left it alone! How crazy and cool this was!! So awesome, thank you again Karen!

[@KarenRiceArt]

Love using salt 😊

[@sarahjackson8252]

Brilliant, thanks. I've been puzzling over a similar subject for ages!

[@KarenRiceArt]

Thank you Sarah 😊

[@karenjackson5049]

Fantastic Karen, such a beautiful painting!

[@KarenRiceArt]

Thank you Karen 😊

[@chanatipsuksang5532]

Thank you very much for this valuable demo. It came to the right time when I try to figure out how to paint Sun light shining into the woods, and field of flowers. You have been a great teacher, and contributing to my growth in watercolor painting journey. Thank you!🙏🙏

[@KarenRiceArt]

Thank you! So pleased you found this helpful!!

[@paustinheaton]

Absolutely love this tutorial subject matter. Thank you so much!!!

[@KarenRiceArt]

So pleased you enjoyed this tutorial 😀

[@paustinheaton]

@@KarenRiceArt It came at the perfect time. A dear friend requested a forest landscape watercolor for her birthday. A variation of this will be perfect. 💕❤👍 👍 👍

[@CathyGaltress]

I love all of your techniques!! I can't wait to paint this beautiful watercolor!

[@KarenRiceArt]

Thank you 😊 If you would like to access more exclusive and in-depth tutorials why not think about joining my Patreon membership. www.patreon.com/karenriceart

[@crashrr2993]

Every day I walk my dogs through a wood which, at this time of the year is filled with bluebells. I’ve often wondered how I would go about painting such a complex scene. Having watched your video, I think I’ll give it a go! Many thanks.

[@KarenRiceArt]

So pleased you found this accessible. I hope you get a chance to paint something similar.

[@lindy2164]

Stunning. Wonderful techniques.

[@KarenRiceArt]

Thank you 😊

[@alisonwickett3156]

That's a great painting it really works with the limited palette There is a warm patch in the sky too and all the marks come together Thank you James

[@KarenRiceArt]

Thank you so much 😀

[@sugarcane9425]

I m so enjoy follow your painting 😊🎉 Great technique and teaching

[@KarenRiceArt]

Thank you 😊

[@Takatukata]

This is so beautiful! And it's amazing how your color mixing suggestions harmonise with each other! It's so much prettier than to choose just a brown or a purple!

[@KarenRiceArt]

Thank you so much 😊 If you haven’t already and would like to access more exclusive and in-depth tutorials, why not think about joining my Patreon membership. www.patreon.com/karenriceart

[@glorialacoma9735]

Thanks Karen. You are an excellent teacher. I don t understand speaking english but It snt necessary. Thanks from Spain.

[@KarenRiceArt]

Thank you Gloria 😊

[@olenaparfenov8154]

Thank you for teaching so many skills in one video!

[@KarenRiceArt]

My pleasure 😊 For more exclusive and in-depth tutorials why not think about joining my Patreon membership. www.patreon.com/karenriceart

[@isabelpijuan5917]

Its fantastic how you give listeners color alternatives. It gives you much better guidance on what colors to use, even without the specific color you use!

[@KarenRiceArt]

You're very welcome 😊

[@lindakuck5981]

This is fabulous! I don't know if I will ever get there. Thanks Karen 😊❤

[@KarenRiceArt]

Thank you Linda! Just enjoy and keep practicing! 😀

[@cherylbrewer1218]

Thank you Karen. I love this 🙂

[@SF-ru3lp]

Su-perb! I'll be starting to paint from your previous videos with my elderly Mum. We can't wait! Your work has really revived both of our interest. Thank you, Karen. XG Ire

[@KarenRiceArt]

That’s so lovely to hear. If you want to access more exclusive and in-depth tutorials why not think about joining my Patreon membership. www.patreon.com/karenriceart

[@SF-ru3lp]

@KarenRiceArt Actually, Karen, would you believe that I saved a front cover from an Art magazine for many years. It was a photo extremely similar to your painting. I decluttered the cover after many years cos I didn't have the techniques to reproduce the details and layers easily. It's brilliant that chances come round a second time in life. Thank you 🤗. I've also always wanted to be able to incorporate non-brush techniques to achieve "more for less" but our then art teach didn't employ any such 'tools' so i was double excited to see this video of yours ... I just have to get started again now as music practice has taken over 😆.... xG Ire

[@suresh.karthikeyan]

Outstanding stuff 👏👏👏

[@KarenRiceArt]

Thank you 😊

[@LindaKing-nq6ut]

Lovely composition….bluebell woods make such nice paintings

[@KarenRiceArt]

Thank you Linda! I totally agree!

[@patriciaspapercuts701]

I'm really looking forward to trying my third attempt at watercolours. In my earlier years bluebell woods were a favourite of mine. Back then I worked with free-machine embroidery and so trees and flowers were perfect subjects. Later I changed to encaustic wax and again bluebell woods featured a lot. Now I'm 80 and recently I decided to look on KZbin for help. When I found your beautiful work and helpful tutorials I started to paint, often in the middle of the night when I can't sleep , but painting stills my mind. My first painting was of your clover. So exciting to do and so pleased with the results. Thank you Karen x

[@KarenRiceArt]

Thank you again for your lovely comments 😊

[@sarahnorthrop9823]

So beautiful Karen 😊💖

[@KarenRiceArt]

Thank you 😊

[@TheAleksandrea]

Spectacular painting!

[@KarenRiceArt]

Thank you so much 😀

[@lebrunaf8740]

Waouw it's so beautiful and inspiring ! And it's so relaxing to listen to you. Thank you from a little village in Belgium

[@KarenRiceArt]

Thank you so much 😊

[@voda1970]

Unbelievably beautiful! Very realistic! Hello from Ukraine💙💛

[@KarenRiceArt]

Thank you 😊

[@deborahgoodwin3426]

The end result is simply exquisite! Thanks ever so much Karen 😊👩‍🦳🖌️

[@KarenRiceArt]

Thank you so much!

[@screamingmimi90]

Watching this again. Just luscious.

[@KarenRiceArt]

Thank you 😊

[@phyllisbanfield1032]

Stunning!

[@dianeruggles8680]

Wow!!! Magical and Gorgeous!! ❤

[@KarenRiceArt]

Thank you 😊

[@anneke7822]

Ow, wow. So beautiful, Karin! Love it. 🥰❤

[@KarenRiceArt]

Thank you Anneke, so glad you like it 😊

[@hannanowak4886]

So lovely, joy watching your work in progress, You are very talented as a painter and equally as an art teacher. Definitely I will try some of your suggestions how to make painting light, airy and simply captivating. You are an awesome artist 🌷🌿☀️

[@KarenRiceArt]

Thank you so much Hanna!

[@MultiRusty50]

Beautiful tutorial Karen. Much appreciated. Geraldine

[@KarenRiceArt]

You are so welcome. Thanks Geraldine 😊

[@joannnicol346]

What an informative tutorial! Thank you❤

[@KarenRiceArt]

You are so welcome 😊

[@conniemesce4093]

Beautiful, loved it. Your so talented! ❤

[@KarenRiceArt]

Thank you so much 😊

[@debpaolucciojanomethreadar2357]

I will try these techniques! Thanks!

[@KarenRiceArt]

You're so welcome. Enjoy 😊

[@sybillestahl8646]

I followed along and copied this painting, and it looks good! Not as good as yours, of course, but much better than my usual. And even better, I now know some more techniques I can incorporate into other landscapes.

[@KarenRiceArt]

So pleased you found this helpful 😊

[@jools1623]

I love this painting; and straight from your imagination...I wish my imagination would improve.

[@KarenRiceArt]

Thank you 😊

[@jaynewoodward9388]

This is beautiful 😍 😍 😍

[@KarenRiceArt]

Thanks Jayne 😊

[@Artemystik]

This is lovely!! 👍😊👍

[@KarenRiceArt]

Thank you 😊

[@lherzog27]

This is amazing as always! Thanks! 🤩

[@KarenRiceArt]

Thank you 😊

[@greenfire7729]

Stunning 😍

[@KarenRiceArt]

Thank you 😊

[@sallyjoligocki5011]

Lovely! Thank you for sharing.

[@KarenRiceArt]

You are welcome!!

[@christinalogan311]

Beautiful. Thankyou .

[@KarenRiceArt]

Thank you too!

[@nadadellore865]

Just marvelous effects...

[@KarenRiceArt]

Thank you so much 😊 If you would like to access more exclusive and in-depth tutorials why not think about joining my Patreon membership. www.patreon.com/karenriceart

[@dragonflywhisperer47]

Absolutely love it!

[@KarenRiceArt]

Thank you so much 😊

[@antiochfoxlake7]

Karen, another home run. I just attempted your last tutorial and I am pleased with the result. You are so generous and inspiring. I have Nita’s How To make a Watercolor Paint Itself. Great info but I am not patient and rarely use masking fluid.

[@KarenRiceArt]

Thank you so much for sharing! Nita Engle is such an inspiration 😊

[@rochesterpubliclibrary3965]

What brand (pigment) aureolin do you use? I hear negative things about PY40, but it is the only transparent nonstaining yellow I can find.

[@KarenRiceArt]

I used Jackson art supplies 😊

[@loisgibbs7524]

I love this!

[@KarenRiceArt]

Thank you 😊

[@mayokimmer]

Such a wonderful painting. How did you keep your painting wet so long? My paper seems to dry sooner.

[@KarenRiceArt]

I really soaked the paper. Also Saunders Waterford stays damp for quite a while. If your painting dries out, spritz with water 😊

[@rayneehurd8745]

Gorgeous thanks

[@KarenRiceArt]

My pleasure 😊

[@corafirpo3553]

Muy didáctico. Me encanta es como entrar al bosque. Gracias !!!

[@KarenRiceArt]

Thank you so much 😊 If you would like to access more exclusive and in-depth tutorials why not think about joining my Patreon membership. www.patreon.com/karenriceart

[@bernicerogersbooker6333]

Beautiful

[@KarenRiceArt]

Thank you 😊

[@monicalind3498]

Wonderful!

[@KarenRiceArt]

Thank you 😊

[@elizabethjones5985]

beautiful

[@KarenRiceArt]

Thank you 😊

[@joannchaloux5169]

What a stunning painting. I would love to try this, but I am a little scared. It seems beyond my experience since I’m a beginner.

[@KarenRiceArt]

Thank you Joann… I understand it can be a little daunting. Maybe start with a sketch on a smaller piece of paper to build confidence 😊

[@kathrynoreilly6064]

I love this video

[@KarenRiceArt]

Thank you so much 😊

[@dominiquelefevre9946]

Bellissimo, grazie per la condivisione.

[@caveman2931]

Question, Karen. How could you have your paper keeping wet in such a long time?

[@KarenRiceArt]

I went to the paper thoroughly and use to 100% cotton paper which does not dry out as quickly. Hope this is helpful.

[@bonniegarson80]

Fabulous. Thanks. What’s the name of your palette?

[@KarenRiceArt]

Thanks Bonnie. The palette is made by Loxley.

[@deborahgoodwin3426]

Do you think we might be able to find it here in the US? Thank you!

[@chrisb7970]

Wonderful tutorial. Feel inspired to give it a go! One question, what kind of salt do you use? Thank you.

[@KarenRiceArt]

I use sea salt but you can use table salt, make sure it's not low salt. I recommend laying down some mid tone washes, wait for your paper to be damp, and sprinkle the salt. Give it time to work. Hopefully you will get some nice results 😊

[@misawafam]

I have such a struggle with wet in wet because it seems either I get my paper way too wet, or my paper dries way too quickly to have enough time to play around with it much at all. I suppose this all boils down to practice, right?!

[@KarenRiceArt]

You could use a spritzer bottle to spritz your paintings with a fine mist of clean water to stop your painting from drying out. I have always found 100% cotton paper the best as it does not dry out too quickly. Hope this is helpful.

[@signelarsen5853]

Is it 300gr paper?

[@KarenRiceArt]

Yes 300gsm

[@bernicerogersbooker6333]

Did you really sprinkle salt on your wet paper before you started to paint?

[@KarenRiceArt]

I sprinkled salt onto damp paint at 1.34 seconds

[@ralphherrick596]

Did you ever dry the painting while painting....or all wet quickly... what if part of painting dries as you work?

[@KarenRiceArt]

I did dry the painting and have noted drying times in the tutorial. I allow the salt to dry naturally. If the painting dries too quickly you can spritz it with water.

[@janettidswell2092]

@@KarenRiceArt which salt do you use - coarse or fine? Thank you Karen.

[@margoknight5451]

What paper do you use 😊

[@KarenRiceArt]

I recommend 300gsm Cold Pressed watercolour paper 100% cotton A4 or bigger.

[@patsyvacek51]

This was a nice one but very hard for me.

[@KarenRiceArt]

Give it a go… you may surprise yourself 😊

[@etoileblue]

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[@_e.n.]

❤🙏

[@bernicerogersbooker6333]

Did you really sprinkle salt on your wet paper before you started to paint?

[@KarenRiceArt]

Yes I sprinkled my salt on the painting while it was still damp. You don’t want it to too wet or too dry. Practice makes perfect! 😊

[@signelarsen5853]

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[@pathaks1]

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[@tanja995]

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