Painting and Knifing out Rocks in Watercolor

Learn two ways for painting rocks using watercolor paint in this demonstration from Ron Hazell. The author of The Artist's Guide to Painting Water in Watercolor (North Light, 2015) shows you how to add paint to create a rock shape, and how to scrape away paint using a painting knife to create rock shapes.
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[@katepanthera7265]

Kills me how he makes it look so easy. Love the colors on the rocks.

[@jenfleming9412]

Thank you so much. I have never seen a knife used for watercolours. And what a great effect! Beautiful rocks!

[@uberurbana4894]

Great instruction from someone who actually tries to teach you something instead of someone trying to be a comedian who doesn't stop talking long enough to take a breath. Thank you for this video and a calm, soothing voice !!

[@donttellmejustlisten4598]

UberUrbana who are you referring to??? :)

[@MaDarville]

Outstanding descriptions during tutorial, especially during the reflection section. I learned a lot from Mr. Ron Hazell and really appreciated the review at the end. Thank you.

[@lesliebrown7478]

Terrific video, thank you so much, now my lumps look more like rocks & boulders. Also wanted to add, the credit card trick is so neat, almost looks like a professional painted it.

[@ciacciom]

I love this scraping technique for highlights. Really great job! Beautiful colors on the rocks.

[@madamedefarge7266]

Using the heel of the knife is new to me. Magic! Nice teaching.

[@michaelklein5242]

👏👏 Thank you, Ron!

[@johngo6283]

This is a great tutorial, lots of action and not too much yapity-yap. Very inspiring!

[@lakshmideepikapathakamuri9310]

It's very nice painting sir

[@alexngovea]

Oh my Goood! This is so wonderful!!! I love Ron Hazell! Amazing artist! Thank you so much for this tutorial. I love it!

[@mercedespeters6647]

AMAZING TALENT!!! Thank you for sharing! 😊

[@jeanmilhollin7890]

As usual great artist watercolor instructions. Thank you .

[@susanrgreetdanielsen4826]

Thank you so much Ron. I've had an enjoy able time following this tutorials and am pleased with the result.

[@jasmincha101]

Thank you so much!! This is exactly what I was looking for to learn! You are an excellent artist and teacher.

[@maryhowe8485]

You are an excellent teacher! Well explained & illustrated! Thank you soooooooo much! I can do this easily, now.

[@TrueLoveX1027]

Great technique and love your color choices. I've seen the credit card technique, but you address the rocks reflecting out of the water. Wonderfully done! Thanks!!!

[@cathy7431]

Beautiful and excellent instruction! Thank you.

[@jesshothersall]

Awesome, am so pleased I watched this! Thanks for making the video!!! Hopefully my rocks will now improve...

[@bhir1699]

Wonderful instruction and I love how simple you made this look!

[@OliviaAndOlive]

It's beautiful. I like this style and I actually learn couple of things from this short video. Thank you so much for sharing!

[@patytrico]

Fabulous! Love the example ;) Thank you for teaching us ;D

[@cowbellpeaceprize]

I love it . Thank you!

[@juliemoore5391]

Thank you so much for helping us all.

[@zarroukfrederic52]

merci pour toutes les vidéos c'est très constructif cela m'apporte beaucoup dans la technique

[@lilitincher4973]

Did this today! Didn't have a painting knife so had to use credit card. Little crude but it worked :) Loved the reflection. Thank you!

[@wizarpearlreyes4356]

Wow. Seeing how smooth your hand move while you paint is so relaxing. (: Thanks for that short but very informative lesson on painting. (:

[@kberken]

you are a good teacher. Thanks.

[@sukilu1964]

Lovely style, great instruction. Thanks!

[@louisdestroismaisons9712]

sukilu1964 mmmmm

[@wendyjanes7406]

Thank you for your very clear and succinct instruction! Inspiring!

[@captaindrywall]

ditto

[@mariaxose2884]

Bien explicado....buen trabajo....gracias

[@duv34]

Ron you are awesome. Plain said. I aspire to be able to make gorgeous watercolor paintings as you one day ^-^

[@kashivishwanath7603]

Sir. Very well demonstrated on painting rocks. The rock colours are awesome. 👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏

[@lindahall6924]

Excellent Teacher!

[@geetajamkhindikar2508]

Sir, very nice video .I liked the technique and your description as well.Thank you sir.

[@annasoucek416]

Ow, this is very cool. Thank you for sharing

[@patferguson572]

Thank you. Great tutorial.

[@michellepollock9804]

Beautiful instruction. Than you.

[@lisadalia]

I didn't know we can use painting knife with watercolor. Great to know! I don't think I'm skilled enough to pull this off but maybe I'll try it someday.

[@BillyCoopDraws]

Very nice. Your teaching technique is very clear, and very much appreciated. So weary of "tutorials" without content, yours is a breath of fresh air. Hope to see more, you have allot to offer, and I will visit your site and consider your book. As I am also a subscriber at ANTV, I also hope to see you there, but please consider making more video's without the "hook", you are a very good teacher and have something to offer aspiring (and starving) artists...thank you.

[@MsCuisle]

Excellent. Thanks.

[@awatercolourist]

Thank you for sharing this :)

[@barbarabunn86]

VERY HELPFULL THANK YOU.

[@rebeccawong1]

Thank you so very much 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@moosasanani]

Lovely & awesome

[@jokermode5466]

Nice teaching grandpa❤️

[@lowellford3419]

Very nice thank you for the share.

[@MilindMisalsPicassoArtStudio]

Beautiful👌

[@francoiseblais884]

Wonderful so well explained hope you would show us how to paint a complete picture thank you so much very very helpful

[@MuhammadAmin-dk6iz]

awesome!

[@marthiescholer4565]

Very GOOD THANKS

[@alessiopelusocoach]

V. Nice!

[@anuradhakale1965]

Good teacher

[@orthotecheducation5827]

Wonderful instructions. I love the technique, but find it difficult to do if sun coming from left. Sound dumb, but any hints?

[@loreneabella4479]

Hi Ron, Thanks so much for this helpful tutorial and I am learning a lot. I am using Holbein also but they seem to have discontinued making brown madder. Is there a way to make it from other shades?

[@mrzetijay]

thank you for sharing this nice Video, I think that quality of the paper is very important: what did you use? and what about "preparing" the paper, did you do something before ? thanks again.

[@pammyjones1151]

Great tutorial thanks.... what's the large brush you're using please?...

[@beanstaIkjack]

Great

[@wahibawadudsafa4167]

Nice

[@magnacappa5129]

很感谢。我明白了怎么画

[@benyounesabdaoui8494]

Merci

[@paintwithasmae969]

👏👏👍

[@martaescobar7625]

What is the name of the brush you are using?

[@AB-jg3tb]

It never crossed my mind that a knife can be used like this. I am off to find some rocks I can paint.

[@peterjlewis9497]

Very interesting but I do the same thing using my credit card. Try it, it works.

[@captaindrywall]

send me your's with the pin let me try out your card

[@itsweajen]

I swear this man is the next Bob Ross

[@luisdanielgomezloayza2858]

How you get the firist purple for the shadow?

[@gerardbuurman9170]

+Luis Daniel Gomez Loayza Deep Ultramarine(purple schade) and Brown Madder makes a nice Purple for the shadow

[@sarah2381]

2:42 he swore

[@shenaniganstoo]

So often I struggle with watercolors. My issues begin by watching tutorials, instructions or any type of help. No one ever mentions how to prep the watercolor paper. Is it dry to start, is it wet, is it moist? I assume all watercolor painting starts with a wet or moist sheet. And every time I assume, I am either wrong or just don't fully understand how concentrated my paint should be before I place it on the paper. Because I am a detail artist, watercolor seems to be incredibly difficult to grasp.

[@MsDoubleAAshow]

if you want sharper lines, do NOT wet the paper beforehand. if you are painting something that needs to blend with other colors or something that you want to appear soft, paint on wetter paper. It doesn't need much, just something for the paint to run around on. it helps if you look up "wet on wet" watercolor painting techniques and wet on dry painting. Hope that helps!

[@robbertar475]

Preparing paper Depending on the weight of the paper, you'll need to stretch it which is letting it sit submerged in water for a few minutes. Carefully place it onto a board and tape or glue it down. Let the paper dry and then start your painting. This is so your paper doesn't ripple.

[@jesshothersall]

You can also look up 'how to prep for watercolour painting?"

[@peterfels5779]

???? I Wonder

[@sureshshenoy6393]

Nice