Watercolour Hake Painting, North Cornish Coast, Loose Watercolor Painting For Beginners

/ loisdavidsonart Hello and welcome back! I've been a bit too busy to film this weekend so I'm sharing one of my Patreon tutorials with you, painting with a limited colour palette of 4 colours, listed below. I hope you find it useful or interesting, please ask any questions etc in the comments below and I'll try to get back to you.
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Materials:
Saunders Waterford cold pressed NOT paper, 90lb, 15" x 11"/38cm x 28cm
Hakes, rigger and card
Cotman watercolour tubes: Raw sienna, burnt sienna, indig, paynes grey

[@EdoHannema-Watercolour-Art]

Love it Lois!! 10 thumbs up!!!

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Thanks so much Edo, that means a lot to me 😊💕💕💕

[@rodrigokannon4944]

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[@santanamohammed2709]

@Rodrigo Kannon instablaster ;)

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@Santana Mohammed I really appreciate your reply. I got to the site thru google and I'm waiting for the hacking stuff atm. I see it takes quite some time so I will reply here later with my results.

[@rodrigokannon4944]

@Santana Mohammed It did the trick and I actually got access to my account again. I am so happy! Thank you so much you really help me out!

[@missmonalisa1758]

Lois I just love the limited pallet landscapes ! Really grand ♥️

[@Megzamani]

Thank you for all the things you create for us to learn from.

[@leynasa4140]

Thank you for these pure moments of enchantment !!!

[@ann-cathrinehaglund8749]

I love it!!! Thank you very much Louis!!!

[@karolfrench5816]

Fantastic tutorial. Beautifully delivered. Thankyou

[@kathyyost18]

Love your color palate on this painting! This turned out so serene and soft.

[@diannedidomizio52747]

❤️🎨☀️Love watching you paint ~ and love your paintings ~ loose and free!

[@5031heidi]

One of these days, I am going to burn as much paper as I need to paint skies like this. It's absolutely magical.

[@NamSangs]

So peaceful landscape, very clean and calm. Thanks for sharing~!

[@rosemarysheppard3619]

Ive just recently come across your videos ...they are really inspiring me. You instructions are so clear, and calming! Thank you.

[@clairewhittaker1282]

Wow! You make it look so easy....thank you. 😊

[@raynovikpchevotszcheck5812]

Very helpful for a beginner like me.

[@dixiedrost4783]

Looks deceptively simple....beautiful Lois, thank you very much!

[@TheKathept]

Wonderful lesson! Beautiful painting! Thank you.

[@wolfgangflink8546]

Great painting. I love it. Thank you for showing.

[@clivehowlett8415]

This is my favourite so far Lois. The colours work beautifully together. And I love how you get such soft edges in the foreground.

[@lynncarbol546]

So very peaceful and understated. Absolutely love it!

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Thank you!

[@adrianhomersham8544]

Fabulous so minimal yet very effective. I love the limited palette you use indigo so well.

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Adrian Homersham thanks so much, that means a lot from an amazing artist like you 😃💕

[@MickyBrownEye1]

I so love how you did the foreground in this painting. My weakest area by far as mine always ends up looking contrived and overworked. My skies are good / dramatic. Distant hill and trees are fine. Lakes and sea are fine. But I always mess up the foreground. Practice, practice, practice lol.

[@enlighteneduk]

Absolutely fantastic!!😍

[@hughmorley365]

Wonderful video and painting Lois, you're a natural!

[@artdavisstudios]

Brilliant tutorial. I love the style and I love the discovery aspect that you bring to the compositional process.

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Thank you so much!

[@Pewit45]

So beautiful yet simple and dramatic. Love it xx

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Thanks Peter, I appreciate your encouragement and support 😊💐

[@tinglezbrushasmr8513]

Very nice painting. I really like your style and the explanation is very helpful.

[@marionsherrif8489]

Love it Lois encouraging me to pick up my brushes. All the colours I really enjoy. Maz x

[@tmikeporter]

Nice demo, Lois. Encouraging to beginners, especially.

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Thanks so much Mike 😊💕💐

[@fbushphone]

Dramatic sky turned out lovely, liked the great foreground, thanks for sharing this Lois

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Freddy Bush Thanks so much, I’m glad you enjoyed it 😊💐

[@alexandruepuran]

Unbelievably real!

[@MerakiPainter]

so soft 😍 i wanna go to the beach seeing this

[@karenlindstrom516]

Lovely! You have inspired me. I love painting with a limited palette, I’m going to give this a go.

[@pareshpancholi4251]

Really excellent job.... I am also freelance painter from India..

[@AmyLouiseArt]

Wonderful painting Lois! And fantastic result with just four colours 😊👍🏻

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Thanks so much 💐😊💕

[@karanouren1596]

I just discovered your you tube video's, I love these loose watercolor paintings, thank you for sharing!

[@nidiapearson7409]

Lovely demo. Thanks

[@DavidMartins1]

You have a fantastic voice. Very soothing. You'd be a great voice narrator!

[@arlenemurphy804]

Beautifully done..

[@pareshpancholi4251]

Salute you dear... you are my one of my favourite artist.

[@pareshpancholi4251]

God bless you....go ahead and ahead... achieve your goals.... get success.. fulfill your needs...

[@artreewatercolors9109]

Thank you Lois!

[@kascialelonek8757]

Fantastic

[@rayquesada506]

Lois, Excellent I love your loose style. 👊😎🎨🇺🇸 toast - 🥂

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Thanks Ray, very much appreciated 😊💐🖼🎨

[@shivajijadhav6085]

So nice, so simple and so quite mam....👌👌👌💐💐💐

[@robertboyce7016]

Just love the looseness of the painting, plus the detail, And what can I say about the colour's, One word comes to mind, Fantastic. Bob

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Thanks so much Bob 😊💐💕

[@cgsadariya1632]

I love painting of Alan brother.

[@abriebotha]

Thank you.

[@barbaragemin5117]

I love this one Lois. Nice combination of colours too -they work perfectly. I must scribble them down so I don't forget, or look out for your list. One question: did you have a mental idea of what your scene should look like apart from being a seascape? The rocks, for example?

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Thanks Barbara, I did, I wanted to paint the walk to the beach at Rock in North Cornwall so it was a matter of getting in the sand dunes/rocks first, it then evolved from there. It’s from memory of many happy holidays!

[@palashkarmokar8187]

Nice

[@birrapampa]

Nothing has change since W.Turner. the use of any blue and any sienna...

[@LavishHim]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻🎨

[@juliepinette560]

Thank you for this Lois! Does your patreon page lessons include a photo that could be downloaded so that we could see where you got your inspiration and how you simplified/adjusted it before painting and where we are headed at you give the lesson? I've gained some fantastic techniques watching your videos and I love your subjects but I'm lost with trying to paint some of my own. You do sometimes show a picture but not how you interpreted it or have it be downloadable so I can study it and have a roadmap where we are going.

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Hi Julie, thanks! The times when I work from a photo for Patreon videos, photos are provided to download and work from. There are also some videos about simplifying from photos and a whole range of beginners tips. But please note, there a lot is imagined or scenes from memory as a way to get the artist to begin to experiment, loosen up and learn to manage the unpredictable nature of watercolour and work with that wonderful aspect instead of trying to force watercolour to do what we want it too, I hope that makes sense!

[@evafitzelova8720]

It's v beautiful painting. Do you paint from photo? Can you show also your inspiration for the painting? Thank you!

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Eva magica Fitzelová I often paint from imagination, this was from my imagination!

[@janejackson5207]

Beautiful painting. I would be interested to know what weight and make of paper you are using. Thanks.

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Jane Jackson thank you! The paper I use for most demos is Saunders Waterford 90lb NOT/cold pressed paper, 15”x11”/38cm x 28cm, but I sometimes use SW hot pressed paper or Millford cold pressed 140lb. I always prefer cotton papers, they are easier to paint on 😊💐

[@soupguru1]

I have watched several of your tutorials in my effort to loosen up my painting and love your work. That said, I am very surprised that your supply list generally lists 90 lb cold or hot press Saunders paper I am surprised you are getting such wonderful results with 90 lb rather than 140 lb, I have not tried the Saunders brand. I am using Arches 140 lb cold press.

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

I recommend any good 140lb cotton, I often use 90lb as I paint a lot and it is cheaper, a bit trickier to keep flat, but usually flattens out when dry

[@karencasebeer2483]

I really like this one! Thank you! How much variation is there between brands in color? For example, is raw sienna the same in Daniel Smith, as in Cotman?

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

I’m not too sure as I’ve only ever used Cotman paints, however, I’ve been told that raw sienna in other brands is browner as opposed to the nice earthy yellow of the Cotman 😊

[@karencasebeer2483]

Lois Davidson Thank you! I’ve wondered, because my mixes haven’t had the nice yellow that you get in the skies and sand. I’m going to try some other colors and see what happens.

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Karen Casebeer try yellow ochre but dilute it a lot as it’s much stronger and more opaque than Cotman raw sienna

[@karencasebeer2483]

Lois Davidson Thanks! 😬

[@sikanderazam481]

I want to meet you and then live with you forever...loved every bit of your video...i can tell u r an amazing n wonderful person..may God bless you..also plzz i ve one question..is there any alternate to ron ranson hake brush cuz it's not available in third world countries...

[@muchopomposo.6394]

Love your work and narrative, but you need to fill the screen. I watch this in my phone (mostly) but it doesn't fit. There's huge borders either side of the image.

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Thanks. All my older videos were filmed that way on my old phone so best not to watch if you don’t like that format! 😊💐