Secrets of Watercolor Painting: Arches National Park Tutorial

Grab your paints and join me for a relaxing real-time landscape painting tutorial! This is Delicate Arch in Arches National Park, Utah!
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[@lourdesgallegos7508]

Landscapes are so hard for me but, you make it seem achievable. I always learn so much from watching you!

[@harveyclough]

I highly recommend Emily’s Watercolor Mastery Course. I have been learned so much as well as gained in confidence. All her tutorials have been fun as well as teaching you how to master watercolor techniques. Very beginner friendly!❤

[@theroadhome_Liz_Summers]

Beautiful result and so helpful to see the layering/glazing and how you pick out the shadow shapes. Thank you!

[@EmilyOlsonArt]

Glad it helps!

[@artbykcappadona5166]

Thank you that was very educational. I’ve been painting with oil and acrylic for many years since I was a little girl actually. And I’m an old lady now. But I started with watercolor a few years back. It’s not always easy to get a good tutorial, but yours was excellent.I consider watercolor the hardest medium of all. So of course I had to try to conquer it. Thanks again.

[@jajakaborge]

So glad you posted this! Saw it on your Instagram and really wanted to see how you painted it. Off to paint, thanks so much!

[@suel4269]

Gorgeous painting and helpful tips !

[@PatMcAnn]

Love this!! Thank you for the drawing- I can focus on my painting (I practice sketching too)

[@user-tg8wh7uz3j]

Watching your close-up brush strokes in action with your commentary always is really instructive. Thank you for all of your savvy, talent, enthusiasm, encouragement.

[@peterburrows4824]

Fantastic tutorial and painting, but the Arc de Triomphe is without a doubt the most famous arch in the world.

[@lsovik5487]

I loved how easy you made this look. Watching the painting pop off the paper always amazes me. I painted this arch for my daughter from one of her reference photos from her trip there. It was so fun to paint. I also included them standing under the arch. It has been one of my favorite paintings. I wish I had seen this first because this would have made it easier for me to paint.

[@tianascoffield4178]

This made my day! I’ve tried to paint the arch a few times and this is so helpful!

[@mjpete27]

Hullo Emily, I enjoyed watching you bring the Arch into being on your paper, a lovely painting! I am discovering soft pastels and Alain Picard's classes are truly revealing and I have become enamored with his squint commentary to "see" just the big areas and work only on those that you can see with your eyes mostly shut! I had only ever done this when working very large in watercolor. It is refreshing to see it used in a small 5x7 size, thank you for showing how to do this on this scale, so well done. Thanks!

[@debbieasselstine2469]

Thank you so much for this. I am going to give it a try. I would have never tried this on my own. You're such a good teacher.

[@dianasskylight]

Hi, thank you for this great tutorial. I have learned a lot. I’m also wondering, a few weeks ago you promised a tutorial on setting up an Etsy shop. I’m kind of still hoping for this. I hope it will come. I found your other contributions on the subject of how to sell art very valuable. Thank you Emily for everything. ❤😊

[@zoewhiteart7676]

Love this!

[@sherylchapman4168]

Love this! ❤ I like that the colors are clear and not muddy. It would be so easy to make mud out of this painting but you have resisted that. Good job!

[@colleenmcchesney1482]

Oh that’s a simply beautiful painting of the Arch! Hope to visit it someday soon! Im impressed by your painting without taping down the paper. It would have moved while I was painting & working on it! Thanks for sharing this fun video! Enjoy your week Emily!

[@michaelcraven2445]

Wonderful demo! As usual, I really appreciate your narration, with honest expression of objectives, and acknowledgement of parts that didn't quite go as planned (and how to correct/modify, if possible, or how to gracefully accept what can't be modified). I really like your commentary to explain your ideas about the design, and how to create a more satisfying result.Thanks!

[@carolhestand2561]

I am not practiced with my watercolors. Need to everyday. I find your videos wonderful & useful, thank you. ❤😊

[@ruthherring6035]

This great! I have tried to create similar desert landscapes myself with no success. This will help so much and it’s beautiful thank you Emily.

[@susanaavagnina9259]

Love it❤

[@joycesnodgrass7068]

Super thanks for sharing reference photo!

[@ArtbyPatrickPetruccello]

Great Video, I am looking forward to painting this one. Really enjoy this style of video. I am going to say the arch in Capri, Italy takes the cake as most famous :)

[@samildaimary2161]

Beautiful Ma'am....and very helpful too.... 🇮🇳❤

[@melaniebaynes2730]

Lovely. Some really useful tips, thank you. 🙏💖

[@davebean9119]

Great painting,really good art work!

[@gonecoastalfl]

This was a great video. I love how you talked us thru every step. It's interesting how there's really not much mention in the watercolor world how different Daniel Smith's and Windsor Newton's burnt siennas are. Sometimes artists will mention mixing burnt sienna with something but do not clarify which one they're using and they are very different. I find DS to be a deeper almost brick red and WN to be quite a bit more orange. Have you encountered this?

[@ficheye00]

Very nice job, Emily. I was trying to find the brushes you are using on Amazon, but they don't have those sizes, only 4, 8, and 12. Maybe I'll just google it. But, again, very comprehensive lesson. I have a photo of Bryce that I'd like to do and this really helped. Thanks!

[@Calisto423]

Wow that’s really helpful 😍😍