Review: ARCHES ROUGH Watercolor Paper! With Simple Sky, Birds & Lake Landscape Watercolour Tutorial

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Welcome, friends! Today's video is a two-for-one review and simple painting demo. I was recently lucky enough to be gifted this pad of Arches watercolour paper. As I've never painted with Arches before, I was excited to share my first time testing it out with you all! Hopefully you enjoy the video and find it helpful in some way. Any questions, just pop them in the comments below!
Equipment list: Arches brand watercolour Rough paper, 100% cotton, weight 140lb, size 9 inch x 12 inch / 23cm x 31cm. My colours today are: Alizarin Crimson Hue, Ultramarine Blue, Payne's Grey, and a little White Gouache. All colours are Winsor & Newton brand. My brushes today are: a Daler Rowney Aquafine 'Skyflow' large 2 inch flat wash brush; a Princeton Neptune synthetic 1 inch flat mottler brush; a Princeton Neptune small synthetic Round brush size 4; a Pro Arte 'Sword' synthetic liner brush size Small; a Da Vinci 'Colineo' synthetic flat brush size 12; and a Pro Arte 'Masterstrokes' Series 60 Miniature synthetic detail brush size 3/0.
I hope you enjoy the video, or at least find it useful; and wishing all a good day, and happy painting!

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Love it he dry brush and wonderful geese, excellent and informative review, thanks 👍🎨🌟🌟🌟

[@MorgaineRoseArt]

Thank you so much! 😁😁❤️

[@grahamnash9794]

Oh sweet Morgaine. Another painting that oozes the much sought-after calmness to ease troubled souls weighed down by the trials of everyday living. Is it any wonder that you come across as a very precious lady to me. Even my wife would have me extend thanks as well. She suffers less of the hardship of being with me when I'm tired and grumpy. Really loving the natural blend in your sky, it's vast expanse, so rightly used as a playground by birds to traverse it's perfect properties that lend itself to having flying creatures a rapid movement from place to place. Or maybe just remain aloft for the joy of being free from some of gravities effects. Even for a little while. It's moved me from some of the hurt from recent times of being unable to visit with my dying mum, and bid her goodbye. It's beautiful. Take care. TTFN.

[@peteinuk]

Hugs Graham. Lost a sweet Aunt last month so I extend healing warmth to you. Helen xx

[@grahamnash9794]

@@peteinuk Many thanks, it means a great deal. x

[@peteinuk]

@@grahamnash9794 any time. Us depressives must stick together ❤ Helen x

[@MorgaineRoseArt]

Thank you so much, Graham. Glad you enjoyed the video - and that the painting offered you peace! ❤

[@chrisgriffiths9477]

Youmake your paintings look so easy to do.I try and i make a pigs ear of it every time.

[@susanamer7904]

Dear morgaine, a really well balanced composition. Love the alizarin crimson in the sky. The painting got better and better and turned out lovely. I felt I was on the bank looking across to the distant misty trees. There are lakes near where I live and the geese fly over regularly on their short journey to the fields where they stay most days foraging for food. Very noisey 😁 Thanks for showing morgaine 👍😍

[@MorgaineRoseArt]

Hi Susan, thank you so much for your lovely comment. Glad you enjoyed it - and the noisy geese!! 😁❤️

[@StarBarks4U]

You consistently amaze me with your beautiful paintings Morgaine! Another winner here! Ive been using Arches for years and although I have many other brands in my stash...Arches is my go to Paper! ...the quality vs the price is perfect for me! Thank you for showing us this wonderful tutorial! Again your work is wonderful! Blessings, Rus from Pennsylvania ❤️🤓🖌🎨

[@MorgaineRoseArt]

Rus, thanks so much!! So pleased you enjoyed it. I must admit, Arches is a little out of my price range - but I really enjoyed using it here! I’m planning to try out a pad of cold pressed once this one runs out… 😁😁❤

[@NaturalHealthAngel]

Lovely

[@kenaskildsen8887]

I really like the Arches rough papier and such a nice little painting! Thankyou, thoroughly delightful!

[@peteinuk]

I love your calm and thoughtful posts Morgaine thanks!

[@MorgaineRoseArt]

Thank you so much!😊

[@su3449]

Thank you for your thoroughness of explaining each step of the painting. It gave me confidence to give it a try. Wish me luck. Appreciate your time.

[@MorgaineRoseArt]

Thank you so much Su! Wishing you the best of luck for your painting! ❤

[@philipdown3147]

Thanks greatly Morgaine for your video and sharing your technique on how you achieve the process of creating landscape with a lake in the middle ground, thanks greatly appreciated stay safe

[@ShariArts]

I love your videos. This one is so calming and soothing. I love your voice so much. It is very sweet and calming. I have no problem hearing you at all. Please , what is the very pointed brush you used for the fence in between the fence posts?

[@sarahstevenson2384]

Thanks Morgaine, this looks so simple yet so beautiful and I particularly like the colour palette you have used - just beautiful 😍

[@MorgaineRoseArt]

Thanks so much Sarah! 😊

[@delphinewood7519]

Gorgeous painting! I’m new to rough paper. I appreciate your insights and demo. Thanks!🙏💙🌵

[@MorgaineRoseArt]

Thanks Delphine - me too! Glad you found it useful. 😁🧡

[@mwalimuUtube]

Love this demo! I needed some ideas on how best to use some Shizen rough paper that I have. Your demo gave me many ideas and reminded me to focus on the dry brush techniques! Thank you! Loved the addition of the Canada geese! So glad you used the right name instead of Canadian geese, as many people tend to call them!!😂

[@oljastevanovic]

I like better the orange rough block , than cold press green block ... It takes thin lines , dry brush as well .. excellent paper to work

[@julietparadise3808]

❤

[@julietparadise3808]

Lovely!

[@Takatukata]

What I don't understand is is it cold or hot pressed. Cause on mine it doesn't say neither what it is?

[@peteinuk]

'Arch' is correct - the French pronunciation. Well done!

[@MorgaineRoseArt]

Great to hear - thanks for confirming! 😁😁

[@janealan2142]

No it's not. If you listen to the Arches's video you can clearly hear them say a soft ch sound like sh. 😮

[@peteinuk]

Yes but it is not arches like it would be in english. 'Arsh' is correct!@@janealan2142

[@peteinuk]

Yes as I said - arsh is correct!@@janealan2142

[@janealan2142]

Can't you speak up? Can't hear you. Too frustrating to watch. 😢

[@chrisgriffiths9477]

Speaks perfectly and I'm deaf