The LAZY way to paint watercolor landscapes

In today's video, I'm going to let you in on a little secret - the absolute easiest way to paint a stunning landscape. And trust me, I know what I'm talking about because I've been doing this every single day for years!
As an artist who creates illustrations for wedding venues, hotels, resorts, and everything in between, I've had the pleasure of painting everything from the rolling hills of Tuscany to the charming barns of Vermont. And now, I'm here to share my secrets with you.
If you're someone who's always been intimidated by the thought of painting landscapes, fear not more because I'm going to make it easy and fun for you. So grab your brushes and let's get started on this exciting journey together. I can't wait to see what beautiful creations you'll come up with using my tips and tricks!
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Margot
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Hi! My name is Margot and I am a professional artist and graphic designer. My parents like to joke that I was born with a paintbrush in hand. I started my career after graduating from the renown Parsons School of Design in New York City and spent over 15 years creating and designing for many of the world's top Fortune 500 brands and companies. My painting journey started as a side project and a creative outlet for me to step away from the computer, go back to my "roots" in fine art and to hone my skills as an illustrator and painter. I started posting some of my work on instagram and the rest is history. My work is inspired by all the things that I am passionate about. Ballet, travel, graphic design, color and finding a world of beauty in all facets of everyday life. I hope you'll join me in this KZbin journey as I take you through all the tips, tricks and trade secrets I've gathered throughout the years. I hope I can teach you some of what I know, help you discover your creative voice and I hope you enjoy this Channel!
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[@kathyk1814]

Margot, this is so great for those times when your friends are asking you to paint their vacation photos. I get so confused about how and where to start. Their photos consistently include too much information and your friends will be so unhappy if any of it is left out. Your painting is also terrific because of your magnificent use of the principles of design. so not all of the vacation- photos- turned- to- paintings will come out as well as your villa painting did.

[@awatercolourist]

Thank you for taking us on a tour of your art process. I love seeing these videos 🙂

[@Pointebrush]

My pleasure! I hope it gives you ideas and encouragement for your own process! 👍

[@deborahrech7429]

Thank you for sharing this process for saving time (and angst) on drawing. I also enjoyed learning how you worked in layers. Very helpful. Loved the end result, your painting is beautiful.

[@Pointebrush]

You’re so welcome Deborah! I hope this helped to demystify and make the layering process less daunting 👍

[@ChantelleArts]

This ‘lazy’ way of painting is also super helpful for plein air painting, when you’re trying to get everything down fast 😊

[@Pointebrush]

Happy it can be of help to you!

[@SM-yz7xd]

I’m so glad I saw this video. I get very overwhelmed and frustrated with drawing detailed landscapes . I really love the painting process and not the drawing process. Also, breaking it down in steps, like you did, seems much more enjoyable. Thanks again 😊

[@marlaine8848]

Nice!

[@viviandibrell849]

I just found your channel and I love your videos and your style of art work. It’s nice to know that this technique which I have used myself, is OK, and accepted even for a professional artist. Thank you for not rushing through or using loud music. Your videos are just beautifully done.

[@delicatedots]

This is so good!! I remember learning the transfer technique back in High School to take my small sketch, scale it up, and transfer it to a big canvas to paint. Such a great way to quickly get to the fun painting part!! :)

[@Pointebrush]

Yes! There’s a time and a place for everything and sometimes if you want to just zip through the drawing process, that’s fine too! 😉

[@gwenhafford4112]

@@Pointebrush - I love this landscape painting. The colors you used are very soothing, in my opinion. The process you used to edit, copy, etc., until you had a copy that fit the size of the watercolor paper you used : do you have a video that takes us step by step just through that process? I’d love to see exactly how that is done, and also find out what equipment you use. I’m a fairly recent subscriber, and didn’t see a clip that I thought might address my questions. Any comments or tips you can provide would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for sharing your art! I enjoy your videos very much.

[@Art-lete]

I really love this one, all the green. I have a hard time finding or mixing greens.

[@teresataildashf]

This was so freeing and enlightening! Thank you! I’m so tired of people telling me I’m “cheating” for laying out perspective I have zero interest in “drawing from hand.”

[@ginettemelody1035]

Beautiful, thank you. I use a light box to transfer directly on the paper. Blessings

[@Pointebrush]

Good ol lightbox! Do you use individual watercolor sheets? What do you do for blocks?

[@opera.english.subtitles]

Another super-helpful video! I am binge-watching your channel this evening and loving it. I'm so glad I found it. Thank you!

[@Pointebrush]

Aww so happy you like my videos!

[@elisiataylor]

... and if you print a gray scale version of the photo on the "draft" setting, you have created a cheat sheet to a value study for your piece, as well as saving ink (though not all photos work well with this; use your print preview to see a sample) 😁

[@cslattfri]

I have only tried a couple of lanscapes and they were a disaster. I find them so intimidating. But your process breaks it down in a more manageable way that is less intimidating. This was very helpful.

[@Pointebrush]

Glad this was helpful! And yes, the more you focus on one little thing at a time, the less overwhelming it gets.

[@madelinegrudens]

I love this technique and your workflow, and even though I don't do landscape painting, it gives me a great idea to incorporate that into my work! I create fashion art and I do my sketching in Photoshop or Illustrator and then print my line art very faintly on my watercolor paper because I don't like the mess of pencil marks or smudgy graphite. I figured out a way to print and you can barely see the lines unless I go over them with a pen or paint. This has made my painting so much more effortless. I also use a 3D poser program if I need a really difficult perspective on a fashion pose and it exports that pose to an outline so I can reference it. I can even draw over it using layers which allows me to get the perspective just right. Using tools is not cheating, you still have to be able to come up with the ideas and execute them so that it looks artistic - and you are so inspiring in that regard!! Thanks for sharing your talent and creativity 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@Pointebrush]

Your process sounds very clever and right up my alley in terms of being practical and effective! Thank you for sharing!!

[@Julia29853]

How do you get it to print? I tried this and my printer got jammed. Do you have a special printer?

[@TreadleLady]

Thank you! I’m so happy to have found your excellent channel recently.

[@Pointebrush]

Thank you so much Donna! That means a lot 💕

[@ruthherring6035]

I am intimidated by landscapes, thank you for breaking it down!

[@annwilson5203]

Thank you so much for sharing this, super helpful for someone who is just starting out drawing and painting at last! I've had all the gear for watercolouring for ages but no teaching. Now at 60+ it's time and I am so grateful for your beautiful videos.🙏🙂

[@charlinerodrigues2661]

Merci infiniment 😊🙏

[@mildredmassey4742]

Loved this tutorial!!!! Beautiful

[@tonyaahn540]

Loved the transfer cheat! I’ve done that for greeting cards because drawing is not my forte.

[@blyth3349]

Such a lovely painting, I love this style of landcape painting. Thank you so much for the tips and looking forward for more! 🥰

[@Pointebrush]

My pleasure 😊

[@malinamorin4296]

Omgoshhhhh!

[@carolinesudbrock1339]

Thanks! So easy to follow, you break things down into non-intimidating steps!

[@Pointebrush]

Thank you so much!! And I’m so glad it was helpful! ❤️❤️❤️

[@dmortelli1]

Very cool Margot!! Very cool!! 🎨🌞🌙⭐ 🌎

[@Pointebrush]

Thank you Daniel! 🙏

[@E4Alabbasy]

I don't really see tracing as cheating, as you said if it's saves time and frustration it's absolutely worth it. And espacially if it's from a photo and not tracing from another artists work.

[@cathyphegley7848]

Absolutely loved watching this painting in the making. Gave me confidence to try landscape!🥳

[@gingerpie1978]

Love! Thanks much

[@vestibulitis]

Loved seeing your thought process as you worked your layers. I get my paintings to a certain point but didn’t know the last few steps to take to focus the eye. Very helpful.

[@MiChelle888]

I love this landscape, thankyou!

[@Gigiridgway]

Another beautiful work😊

[@karenjames5063]

Thank you for your wonderful videos. I love your art.

[@shadowguard3578]

Lovely painting! Great instructions. I don’t have any tips or techniques to enhance a work instead I’m absorbing all the information! Thank you. 😊

[@Pointebrush]

Happy it was helpful! Hope you’re having a great day Shadow Guard 🙏

[@shadowguard3578]

@@Pointebrush I am, thank you, and I hope you’re having a great weekend. ❤️

[@denisegormley1763]

I thought I was the only one that cheated. 🤭 Love your style. Thank you for sharing.

[@Belcih]

I Love your videos! Thank you for sharing the process of this beautiful work.

[@Pointebrush]

Aww thank you very much Ana!

[@MsMoniqueWilson]

Great tips - beautiful painting!

[@Pointebrush]

Thank you! 🙏

[@user-xk8cf2ee9e]

Thank you ! Great video and good advices.

[@Pointebrush]

Glad it was helpful! ❤️

[@IndianaJane123]

❤

[@rutvigo5915]

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[@MissCarol-gb3]

Thank you

[@Pointebrush]

You’re most welcome!

[@pennywheeler2598]

Excellent video🩷🖌

[@Pointebrush]

Hope it helps you in your process 💕

[@brendatrujillo2666]

OMG! I’m so glad I watched this video. I LOVE the methodical way you paint instead of throwing water and paint all over like some artists paint. I love what they paint, but I AM A CONTROL FREAK to maximum level and I GET SO STRESSED TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF IT ALL. The way YOU approach a painting is so calming for me. I can’t wait to try this. I love creating art, and I learned with charcoal, pastels and acrylics. I also wanted to learn watercolor because my art instructor is a WONDERFUL watercolorist AND i love her results. But her method of wetting everything and throwing water all over the place and dropping colors everywhere in a frantic manner was so stressful to me that I thought it was just too chaotic for my mind. YOUR method is calming to my mind and I now think I might actually be able to enjoy creating some nice work. THANK YOU! ❤️❤️❤️

[@randysandford4033]

Loved this video. I am a photographer not a drawer or sketcher so I had purposed to do the transfer method that you recommend. Would charcole copy paper work as well?

[@GaylePage1]

Hi Margot. I just use graphite or carbon paper - is that ok? Love your work lots - Gayle

[@awatercolourist]

First comment!

[@Pointebrush]

Less than a minute! How do you do it? 😂😅

[@awatercolourist]

@@Pointebrush I keep my tablet next to me. Once I get a notification that a new video has been uploaded, I drop everything and comment First! I then watch the video when I have the time. 😄

[@awatercolourist]

Those of you who have tablets can just trace the image on the tablet. 😊

[@Pointebrush]

Ok here’s an honest question. How do you “lock” it so that your screen doesn’t move around or accidentally zoom out while you’re tracing?

[@AdrianSebastianPinero]

@@Pointebrush you can put your image as the tablet wallpaper and won't zoom. Leave a home tab without icons. Actually I prefer tracing straight from regular spare displays (TV or PC) with a light hand, and since they're not tactile, images don't move or zoom.

[@awatercolourist]

@@Pointebrush On iPads, go to Settings > Accessibility > Guided access. Turn it on; it allow you to trace.

[@awatercolourist]

@@Pointebrush If nothing happens when Guided Access is activated then triple-click the home button; that will take you to the Guided Access settings screen. You will find a screen of the app you are using. Draw circles on that screen around the areas that you want to disable. I just draw a large rectangle around the whole screen to disable everything. After that, click on options in the lower left corner and deselect the items you want to disable. Make sure you deselect touch and motion; that will disable touch sensitivity and screen rotation. When you are happy with your settings, click on resume to return to the app. To disable Guided Access, just triple-click the home button and then select end in the top left corner.

[@awatercolourist]

@@Pointebrush Actually, you don’t need to select any area on the screen; once you deselect touch, the whole screen becomes disabled. And make sure you remember the passcode so that you don’t get stuck on Guided Access.

[@phillipstroll7385]

Do you tell your clients you painted a traced photo?

[@Pointebrush]

Nope. In this case they provided me with aerial footage from their drone so the rights of source photo ownership are theirs. If the reference photo doesn’t belong to the client, I either get permission from the original author or make significant changes from the original