Loose landscape watercolour inspired by Antonio Ortega Perez, loose watercolor hake painting

/ loisdavidsonart - I recently came across the amazing paintings of the artist Antonio Ortega Perez, and here I paint a looset landscape painting inspired by him! I used Cotman paynes grey and lamp black with a very loose wet in wet technique, applied with the hake brush, a small squirrel mop (quill) brush and rigger. The blue you see in the painting is where the paynes grey has split into black and blue during the wet in wet painting process, the magic of watercolour!
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[@EdoHannema-Watercolour-Art]

Loved it Lois, this technique can make awesome reactions on paper. Angle is very important you can tilt it in every way to get more. End result is gorgeous!

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Edo Hannema Watercolour Art thanks so much Edo, I am looking for ways to incorporate some of these expressive techniques into my paintings 💕😊🖼

[@Kwood10]

Love your videos . I bought my first hake brush today 😊

[@Sealbay1]

finally an artist after my own heart The late ron Ranson would be proud of the wonderful way you handle the “ hake “

[@Leanna_Weber_Art]

Amazing. Oh I I wish I could be half this good. Thank you for sharing your gift

[@vdeath100]

Amazing work.. thanks 😊

[@mizbizkit1]

What a lovely variety of shade and color from just paynes gray 😍😍😍

[@nadezhdasamoilova7494]

Thank you very much for demonstration of this fabulous aquarel technique inspired by Antonio Ortega....

[@Mr.S65]

Only two colors.... those blooms... magnificent. I’m waiting for my Ron Ranson brushes to arrive next week hopefully

[@chrishayman1747]

So glad I’ve found you Lois. Brilliant work

[@karindekock7083]

This semi - abstract watercolour painting - still one of my favourites.

[@lkv2021]

So pretty. I think I'll try this technique with a different color and shape. Thanks for this tutorial.

[@ciwalker520]

Thank you for this and all of the videos you share. I am always aghast at people who leave thumbs down to artists who so generously share their time and talent for free!

[@GKganesan]

Loved it. Thank you.

[@fbushphone]

Lovely result Lois, nice to see your confidence shine through, thanks for sharing this demonstration and highlighting Antonio Ortega Perez

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Thanks Freddy, I appreciate your feedback, I am feeling a lot more confident about filming these days!

[@yvonnemills9028]

I love this. As someone who's fairly new to painting and in particular watercolours, your tutorials are fantastic. Thank you so much.

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Thanks so much Yvonne, you feedback is really appreciated, and happy painting! :-)

[@annikaglavstedt5588]

Wow! Love it!

[@Shadowridercc]

I love the face between and bellow the two groups of trees!!!! A really great painting!

[@deedeerayn61]

I also saw the face ... in particular the eye. As well as a lower face (nose and lips) beside him. Very interesting!

[@HeidiFelizYoga]

Simply amazing! I love it!

[@kathleenstrode8445]

This is very smooth, Learning about water colors...this is a different animal.Keep creating..

[@kathycarlson7947]

I loved this! And I'm inspired to go for it, too. Thank you.

[@bignicksixty9ine]

love it. ive subscribed lol. love how the loose start looks a mess of shapes and then finishes into this! looks like the sun bursting through onto water on the left and then the tree details just finish it off - amazing

[@cecileegeorgeson_artist]

Absolutely love this

[@suel4269]

Had no idea the Payne’s Gray would separate like that. So beautiful!

[@lkv2021]

Agreed. My Payne's never separates like that. It's Sennelier.

[@lynnemartin2291]

Amazing. Terrific!

[@jadexx3]

Love this style!!! 😍😍 trying this tonight!

[@tinaschmidtsart]

Very beautiful again Lois! Bold and dramatically beautiful! Feels a lot like a Sumi Japanese ink painting. Awesome! 😍💖. Have a great blessed day!

[@ScottSwinson]

love the free style and the wet in wet hake brush painting! Lena Gamzoe is also great to watch!

[@andrewfrost8866]

Wow! Your images are absolutely stunning, so evocative and full of emotion.

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Thank you :-)

[@Bearwithme560]

Thank you, thank you, thank you. l feel liberated from the tight and tidy approach that was stultifying my development... as if l have taken a deep breath. ❤

[@robertboyce7016]

Miss Davidson, Every time I look at your tutorials, They are fantastic, But I am amazed, You prove me wrong, every time, By producing another unbelievable painting, I just sit back in ore, Bob

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Thanks Bob, your kind words are very much appreciated, I'm so glad you enjoy the videos! :-)

[@robertboyce7016]

Thank you so much, I will still keep trying to imitate your tutorials, I really just look forward to your tutorials, Fullstop, bob..........

[@helenamonaghan766]

Beautiful and atmospheric. Very interesting. I can see a face underneath the big tree on the right Lois! An eye is very clear!

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Thank you, I see it too now! :-)

[@Angayasse]

I have just found your channel but I instantly signed up - your paintings are amazing!!

[@brigitteshantieaglemeare4350]

I used to employ a similar technique and, after seeing what I had got, turn them into charming abstract mini landscapes. I felt restricted by the size of painting that I could produce though. Your demonstration showed me, that larger paintings of that style are possible, thank you.

[@asapalm7150]

I just LOOOVE your technique - so loose and i teresting 😍

[@margaretmartin6620]

This is amazing, Lois. I have to try this! It looks like so much fun. Thank you! :)

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Thanks Margaret, I’m sure you will enjoy it, it was very liberating to just play with the paint!

[@brendalazellestephenson2319]

Brilliant imagination. Thanks too for Antonio Ortega Perez reference.

[@BoCopenhagen]

So beautiful. And exelent camera-work.

[@lizhamilton1492]

What a wonderful video. I always love your videos but this is my favorite so far.

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Thanks so much Liz!

[@DrCarolFrancis]

Time to play...thanks for the instructions and inspirations

[@TheLooville]

I really love this

[@maggiefreeman6513]

Very beautiful. Thank you.

[@francoforleo4971]

Very inspiring 🙏

[@danielleleclaire717]

I love it very much!

[@barbaragemin5117]

That was worth watching! I realize what I did wrong yesterday. The pigment, as you said, should be RICH if I use wet into wet. I thought you'd used blue but it was Paynes grey! Interesting. Thank you. It reminds me of Steve Michell's spontaneous painting. It can be so exciting.

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

When I first discovered the need for thick paint for wet in wet it was a real turning point, however I often still forget in the middle of a painting and end up with a washed out look 🤣🖼 and yes the paynes grey separating to blue and black was amazing, I’ve seen it do that on the palette before but never on paper!

[@mirtaxiomelyssandin2001]

Beautiful !

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Thank you!

[@ThistleBeinnstudio]

Gorgeous 🖤

[@victoriagadd6831]

I love this

[@virginieb644]

It s magic I will paint this 🤩❤️

[@karolfrench5816]

Thankyou. Fantastic to watch

[@asapalm7150]

Love it ❤

[@hussmeister792]

I can smell pot roast with gravy and potatoes watching this! Actually roast leg of lamb with mint jelly! And a side of steamed broccoli and hollandaise Sauce! :) And three and a half pints! Poplar trees make excellent solid body guitars too! Lovely work!

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

errrm... thank you? ;-)

[@paintingtracey]

Wonderful ❤

[@lavendel5452]

O Lois, WONDERFUL!!!! That's magic AND so "simple" painted, only a few very well positioned strokes with your paint brush. (Excuse me, my English isn't so good. Hope I could find the right words..) LOVE this! Expecting your next tutorial! Kind regards from Germany, Lavendel

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Thank you, your English is excellent :-)

[@karolfrench5816]

Oh. Wow. THANKYOU

[@Kotexification]

Fun fun fun :)

[@claudinevincent624]

J'adore.Merci .

[@gabrielehaitz3983]

wonderful

[@watercolorartbyvibha8278]

Very Beautiful.

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Thank you!

[@sheilahood6280]

I really enjoyed watching this Lois and I'm going to try something similar. I looked for Ortega's work but didn't find a lot. Does he teach Lois? I can see the eye too on your post in the RR group. It's directly below the second group of trees and almost the start of a nose too lol. Amazing what paint and water can produce with a little help.

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Sheila Hood where did you look? He doesn’t have videos but just google image him for many beautiful paintings

[@Rita-jz3ri]

Danke für die genaue Anleitung 👏👏👏schön wäre es, mit deutschen Untertiteln 👏👍gerne mehr davon🤝🎨🙏

[@pazruizcaballero8370]

Buenos días, maravilloso trabajo, que clase de papel utilizas , muchas gracias

[@dawnharrold4474]

I really enjoyed watching you paint this beautiful scene, thank you so much ❤

[@FannaTurano]

I ADORE cauliflowers, accidents, all marks that are not "perfect." Love your work as a result. Lovely! Have you tried Lunar Black, DS color? It granulates instantly & beautifully. I never had much success with Lamp Black. Just an FYI, Lois. Thank you for posting your stunning works for us all to enjoy! :) Fanna Turano Denver, CO

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Thanks Fanna, I've never tried Lunar black, but it sounds fab, I love granulating colours, it is now on my wish list!

[@DS40764]

Very nice and expressive. I like this interpretive style. What are your base colors? I want to avoid mud,as the colors mix.

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Deborah Smith thanks, this was done with Cotman paynes grey only, as it ran and diffused, it split into black and blue, the components of PG

[@ronbragg9694]

Hi, kept looking at the face in the lower half of the sheet…was there any temptation at all to play with it to draw some attention to it…?

[@jackiecarbe8933]

Your painting is so beautiful....Could you let me know what rigger brush you used. I can never find one that works for me. Thank you.

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Thanks, I have a Daler Rowney Graduate size 2 or 3, the other one was a gift and has no makers name

[@lynfisher1692]

Love it! What paper do you work on?

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Thank you! I use Saunders Waterford cold pressed and sometimes hot pressed paper and Millford paper

[@kathleendavies8675]

Hi, Lois. Love this so much. What brand of Payne’s Grey (with all that blue!) did you use for this painting?

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Thanks, it’s Cotman by Winsor and Newton

[@PeopleMakePictures]

Really good.... so moody and your eyes/brain fills in the gaps. I would put a wash of yellow on the left to represent a beautiful sunset, just a thought, cheers

[@l1u1c1k]

I think the middle tree you should have left the trunk out and had as water,Anyway what do I know beautiful painting thanks

[@suzannelieb6347]

Hi Lois. Love this style of watercolor. May I ask the brand of paint you used for this painting? I am only getting blue and black from my Payne’s grey. Thank you.

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Thanks Suzanne, I use Cotman tubes

[@suzannelieb6347]

@@LoisDavidsonArt Thank you! I’ve ordered a tube. Can’t wait to play with it.

[@anndgardner9680]

What weight watercolor paper are you using?

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Hi, its Millford 100% cotton cold pressed paper, 140lb, 11" x 15"/28 cm x 38 cm

[@suzanneperry5989]

What angle is your board tilted?

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Suzanne Perry about 45 degrees I think 😊

[@brigittehucque6199]

Very beautifull vidéo and painting . You Work on paper Fabriàno or arches ?

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

I work on Saunders Waterford 100% cotton paper, or Millford cotton paper

[@brigittehucque6199]

Merci beaucoup!!!

[@zuheyr1]

Nice tattoo...

[@shelleylee2162]

Beautiful! I really love the style of this abstract painting with water running to make its efforts. I found the most difficult thing is when paper buckled, and water runs to the undesired directions. Even I use a smaller size of paper A5. Do you have any advice for it? Thanks!

[@karolfrench5816]

Hello ShelleyI hope I can help concerning the buckled issue. Rag paper is the first thing. A paper like Milford. Or Saunders Waterford . Rag paper hold water longer and the fibres stretch and contract well. If you wet the board. Before you tape the paper onto the board that helps too. If you wet the board and wet the back of the paper and the front of the paper that’s helps. Last resort is stretch the paper first by Wetting and tapping onto a board. Lots of you tube demos for this. Or you can buy heavy weight paper. Rag again and that’s less likely to buckle . Hope this is of something use. , x

[@afzalkamran4322]

I saw your portrait in the right side of this landscape .... a very prominent eye with your hairstyle.... check it n reply me that im right or wrong...

[@daviddewitt9365]

I wish I could’ve watched this but the entire screen was black. I could hear the audio.

[@edzejandehaan9265]

I kinda like how the end result turned out. But for myself, at the stage I am in at learning watercolor I don't think it is very usefull as a tutorial. Too random, I am quite sure I'd just end up with a big messy puddle. Think it is more productive learning to more or less control wc techniques ( some of them of course have inherent random characteristics) in pursuit of a clear goal. Basically what I am saying that I think this is not something for beginners, more something to play with when you have a good grasp of how wc works ( I am working on that😉) Do like the very limted range of colors you use.

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Thanks for your feedback, I see what you mean!

[@yvonnewagner5322]

I disagree with Edze as this is a great technique for beginners to learn how watercolor behaves based on amounts of pigment to water ratio, with beautiful effects verses a child’s coloring book look with tight brushwork. Plus it was was free.

[@edzejandehaan9265]

@@yvonnewagner5322 1. That's a false ditochomy.

[@joannad8630]

What kind of painting is this?🙄

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Hi, it's a semi-abstract landscape painting :-)