Let the water do the painting to achieve great results. Abstract Watercolor landscape /Mexico 2020

Watercolour supplies I used in this video view below.
Allow the water to create the textures and tones. In this abstract watercolour landscape I am using a new technique to achieve the organic rustic landscape that is reflected in the hills and mountains of Mineral de Pozos, Mexico. This is the first time I have used masking tape to create hard border around the painting and elevating the watercolour pad in different angels to manipulate the flow of paint. By doing so, I am creating a contrast between the organic flow of paint within the painting and the hard edge of the outer painting - the border. This is a great process to allow the watercolour pigment and water to do what they do best.
Hope you enjoy my latest abstract watercolor landscape painting. Let me know what you think.
Enjoy.
Editing software: DaVinci 15. Great free software. easy to use.
Watercolour Paint: Winsor & Newton Professional. More expensive than most but the colours are intense. I find I use less pigment with these paints.
Watercolour Paper: 140lb cold press. Most midium priced papers in this weight are good.
Brushes: Shanlian Hubi Fine Chinese brushes. You can buy them from Amazon.
Music from the KZbin audio library:
There's Probably No Time by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommon...)
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[@9hank]

The process, technique and result are transporting; mind dissolving

[@BoCopenhagen]

Thank you! The music is also beautiful.

[@ranjanachand9306]

Beautiful...I loved the colours.... And such economy of strokes...

[@look4light]

Less is more when it comes to watercolour painting. 👍

[@terrydodsworth8564]

Simple and beautiful. Greetings from Florida!

[@juliawalsh7934]

Watching this video is akin to meditation. There is room to breathe, and room for the eye to rest.

[@aardvark121212]

Really nice abstract.

[@ShahanoorMamun]

Omg!! You're amazing dear!! Nice to meet you!

[@wendylist4193]

So incredibly beautiful - You are so good at letting the water colour paint itself

[@look4light]

Hi Wendy, thank you for your wonderful comment. Big part of watercolour is learning to add a little paint to the water and watch with patience. And as you said, watercolour will paint itself. 👍 Less is more!

[@ArtHealsTheSoul]

Nice work love the autumn color scheme need to get me a Chinese brush !

[@JustMeYouSee]

Good luck on your channel. This is inspiring

[@anadelgado1946]

So beautiful! Thank you

[@claudiapereda1784]

Really beautiful!!!❣️

[@look4light]

Thank you! 😊

[@seekingthedevine]

Beautifully simple yet complex. So much to see and feel in this wonderful piece. Love your work. Thank you

[@look4light]

Liz Lippincott thank you for your positive response. Simplicity is a focus of my paintings. Sometimes successful😀

[@RodneyGracia]

Wonderful!

[@artistmama7]

Very cool!

[@Pattymelt415]

BRAVO!!

[@KatheeRN]

As a visually impaired watercolor hobbyist, I'm so enjoying your work. I paint abstract and just love putting paint to paper. I recently found your channel, and am enjoying your techniques tremendously. Thank you John

[@look4light]

Thank you so much Kathee for your support of my art. Being able to express ones ideas through art is so rewarding.

[@shaunakclark1605]

John, I know you haven't posted for a while. I just wanted to let you know you are missed. Your talent is an inspiration for beginners and professionals alike. I know I'm not alone in saying that we would love to see more of your work. All the best!

[@look4light]

Thanks so much for the positive feedback. Yes, I will be doing some more this year. Stay tuned for this summer.

[@elenaborchersgarate8819]

Inspiring ! Thank you!

[@look4light]

You are so welcome!

[@TheJazzysgal]

Great demo and helpful. Also, I liked that you didn’t waste time talking but could so do without the music😊

[@maxnorth7922]

Great technique and beautiful colors, allowing the watercolor shines by nature fundamental principles. Great work! 💚💚💚

[@look4light]

Thanks for your comment. Appreciate it.

[@MiraTulic]

😊❤

[@asapalm7150]

I LOVE your work - when the paint and water interact withour force, magic happens ❤ this is my kind of watercolor 😊

[@look4light]

Thank you very much!

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Interesting techniques. Thanks .

[@DJARTWORX]

How do you keep the tape from ripping the paper when you take it off

[@look4light]

Its painters tape, found in the house paint department of any home decorating store. Low tack.

[@gabrielleannacormierart]

Interesting and relaxing process to watch! Thank you for sharing 😊

[@suecook5416]

Lovely painting John, great colours and technique. Thank you for sharing

[@look4light]

Sue Cook, appreciate the positive comments. So glade you like my watercolour paintings. 👍

[@kerry5586]

Strange how life comes together: at the weekend I bought some W&N olive green paint and was thinking of ways of using it and then low and behold your video pops up and is using olive green paint. Seems to be happening a lot with me of late with regards watercolour. You have a new subscriber!

[@MontuckyGirl75]

Watched it twice. Love it. At 3:15 the paint well looks like you painted a Beagle puppy in it.

[@vladislavperevedentsev5918]

СПАСИБО!!!!!! ВОСХИТИТЕЛЬНО!!!!! МОЙ СТИЛЬ, ЛЮБЛЮ АБСТРАКТ!!!!! 💗🖌️💗🎨💗🖼️💗👍👍👍👍

[@andrecardon2141]

So many ways to work with water color, that this one is interesting by zen attitude

[@artistmama7]

Interesting how you used such thick paint for the mountains

[@cathykirwan2292]

I love, love this! Thank you for sharing!

[@look4light]

Thank you Cathy. Really appreciate to positive comment👍🙂

[@marigoldwood8494]

Lovely. Any particular reason why you use card rather than a flat brush to apply the paint?

[@look4light]

Hi Michele, I experiment with many different items to apply paint. Most of the time, if not a brush. I will use a palette knife. With this painting I wanted to try a different applicator. The cardboard was close at hand. In the past I have used sticks and steelwool. Anything that will create an organic feel to the painting.

[@marigoldwood8494]

@@look4light Many thanks. You have definitely inspired me to experiment too!

[@martehepburnart]

Thanks for the video. This was a lot of fun to do.

[@Franklynnart]

John, that was incredible!

[@karindungee4277]

John, great demo and it encourages me to go the abstract route I am seeking in my work. Thanks for posting!

[@mojavelight]

I just stumbled across your channel. Not only inspiring but incredibly peaceful to just watch you work. Thank you for sharing your gift to make art that allows open hearted space to contemplate.

[@look4light]

Hi Diana, thank you so much for your wonderful response to my creative.

[@lucleor]

thanks a lot for all your videos John !your are very generous and talented!

[@look4light]

Thanks so much Anne. Appreciate the positive response👍

[@arvindguptakumar4958]

Unparalleled, learned today something very awesome but relaxing and soothing. Thanks friend

[@look4light]

Great to hear you are enjoying my painting videos. I hope to have a new watercolour video soon.

[@elizabethkoeman1149]

Fascinating technique. Simple but not simple to envision and work with the water and paint. Love the music too to inpire the mood. First time I saw your video. Will try this soon. Thank you so much!

[@UFOS4]

Beautiful.

[@Rita-jz3ri]

Einfach wunderschön👍🎨danke, dass Du uns teilhaben lässt, an Deinen bildern🙏Gruss aus hamburg🤗

[@look4light]

Vielen Dank für Ihre positiven Kommentare. Gruß aus Kanada 🍻🇨🇦

[@sharonmaxwell6350]

This is sublime and reminds me of the work by the absolutely amazing Lena Gemzoe. I already loved the fact that you demonstrate what breathtaking outcomes are possible when an artist opts to use a very limited palette. And so to see you embracing this wonderful "highwire watercolour technique" - that's awesome bro! (Which is one of the highest forms of praise here in New Zealand!)

[@look4light]

Hi Sharon, big thanks for the positive comment. And yes, Lena Gemzoe is a big influence for me. You should also check out the work of Kanta Harusaki. Awesome watercolour artist! KZbin is full of great influence's. The technique of elevating the paper to allow the watercolour pigment and water to do there thing is very rewarding to watch. I've tried this technique in the past with disastrous results. I have learnt, less is more in this medium. Hope you enjoy following along as I evolve my art. You never know where the journey will end up👍

[@sharonmaxwell6350]

@@look4light - Thank you so much for pointing me in the direction of Kanta Harusaki. I've been binge-watching all of his posts on KZbin and you're absolutely right to apply that (hallowed) word "awesome" in relation to this artist and his art. Several of his pieces even brought tears to my eyes. And it wasn't just the astonishing end results that affected me so but simply witnessing his sheer mastery of his chosen medium as well. It's like he's wrangling water, pigment and paper to produce effects I never thought possible with watercolour. Awesome... By the way, are your pieces available to buy somewhere online?

[@look4light]

Currently I am not selling my paintings. I will let you when that changes.

[@reneegardner4483]

Love this technique.

[@sharonalkenbrack2871]

Besutiful

[@josecarlosbatista5442]

Trabalho lindo ! O mínimo com a extração do máximo com liberdade!

[@look4light]

Muchas gracias. Agradezco tu comentario positivo.

[@daviddewitt9365]

Wow! Very inspiring!

[@kirbythompson8032]

Beautiful. I like the hard edges against the flow of colors in the subject. I also like the paper showing through in some areas, particularly the strip on the lower left.

[@look4light]

Hi Kirby, thanks for the positive response. This painting incorporates a new technique. Always looking at new ways to explore my creative expression, keeping it loose while having fun.

[@UAARTDESIGN]

Nice work

[@magalysuarez3233]

🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰👋👋👋👋👋👋

[@lynncooper1781]

How beautiful this is,thank you for sharing this awesome demo.I call it "spontaneous watercolor painting",just let the water paint for you,just like you said.Sometimes the images you get,just grabs your imagination.🌹

[@look4light]

Thanks Iynn. I never get bored of watching the pigment create organic shapes. I do a lot of rough "trial and error" so I can get comfortable with trying to corral the watercolour paints. Always a lot of fun . . . at times.

[@lynncooper1781]

@@look4light you are very welcome 👍❤

[@AMCaroM]

Amazing, thanks

[@sarahfarokhi]

Super 👌 💞👏bravo

[@marymary5494]

👌💕

[@Lisapizza789]

Nice!

[@lindablower836]

Thank you for the video The painting is lovely So clever

[@wardaledillard8553]

Great painting ❤❤❤❤

[@barbaraelliott7078]

So calming. Thanks

[@look4light]

You're welcome 😊

[@susannoguchi5789]

Thanks for creating this video John :)

[@look4light]

My pleasure! I will be creatine more in the near future.

[@rebeccakahrs7290]

There was a dragon at 2:30...put then he got wiped away....

[@look4light]

It's amazing what one will see in an abstract painting. I love staring at the clouds to see what illuminates.

[@rentedtux1883]

I love this John!

[@look4light]

Thanks for your positive comment. I enjoy trying new techniques, this is definitely one to explore.

[@UAARTDESIGN]

Want to be friend.

[@gregosadchuk5237]

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