I have mixed the red, phthalo blue and yellow ochre together to make a muted turquoise for the tide coming in. I apply over wet paper with a Chinese hake, sweeping across and all the way down the paper. Think about the tide moving in across the beach and keep your brush flowing, with loose brushstrokes.

This is how I colour mix in watercolour. I am using a three colour technique and I am mixing primary red and phthalo blue together for the next colour I will use. I also like mixing my paint on a tin plate.

I am using my small Chinese brush and have wet the paper where I will apply the yellow ochre for the patterns of the sand. Gently and working in quick sweeps all the way down the left side of the paper.

I am using a small Chinese hake brush and wetting the paper over where I will create more loose colour washes for the sea coming into the beach and the sand etc.

I am using my sable hair brush and finishing off the dune markings. I then drizzle along the baseline the blue to grey shade colour that I used for the clouds. Make sure the paper is damp.

I am using my sable hair brush and have mixed yellow ochre into the other colours to make a dune grass colour. I am creating the markings within the dunes. Apply with light dashes on moist paper.

I am using my sable hair brush for this technique and you need a small amount of paint. Use a similar colour that you used previously for the baseline. The paper must be moist to achieve the soft ethereal effect.

I am using my sable hair brush and drawing the outline of the dunes in the distance. I used yellow ochre and the paper was moist.

I am using my Chinese brush I apply a muted turquoise that I have made with the three colours and just under the clouds i drizzle a line of paint for the perspective - horizon of the painting. Watch how the line feathers up and down, it will only do if the paper is wet.

I am using my Chinese brush and have mixed more red into the three colours to achieve a grey. Then I apply over the previous cloud movement, using your brush anti clockwise, tip the paper down and then diagonally, lay flat.

I am starting a new series of step by step watercolour demonstrations in wet on wet technique and a three colour technique. I will start with the washes and showing you a beachscape scene, inspired by one of my favourite places on the Dorset coast called “Studland”.

I am using a blue that I have made with the three colours to create a grey. I apply over sporadic washes, wet on wet and using a Chinese brush. Swirl the brush anti clockwise and clockwise movements as you come into the paper. Then tip the paper diagonally to see the pigments glide over the light, then lay your painting flat.

I have wet the paper all over using a small Chinese hake and applying sporadic wash of yellow ochre, making sure to leave areas of white.

I have mixed Prussian blue into the yellow ochre and then applying with my small chinese hake sporadic washes, sweeping expressively all the way down the paper leaving areas of light in between while the paper is wet.

With my Chinese brush I drag the dark earthy colour beneath the woodland to create the track and markings in the field, then I wet it back in with a clean damp brush, I like to use a filbert brush for this technique.

I hope you have enjoyed watching my step by step guide to watercolour techniques, creating the landscape. Watch out for my new series of watercolour demonstrations coming very soon !

Hi and thanks for joining me in the Art garden studio today.I am starting a new watercolour demonstration, step by step I will be showing you my art skills and everything that I know in watercolour techniques. I have been teaching for over 18 years all ages, watercolour beginners, intermediate and advanced to professional artists. I love helping people and making them see what you can achieve. If you would like to book a lesson with me one to one tuition in the Art garden studio I can give you all the information you need. My email is :- [email protected] look forward to teaching you.
Art materials:-
Today you will need a tin plate, three colour technique using primary red, yellow ochre and phthalo blue, small Chinese hake or a flat natural hair brush. Extra rough textured watercolour paper Bockingford 425 gsm 200 lb.

I am mixing the red into the Prussian blue and cadmium yellow with my large bushy hogs hair brush. I press the paint in areas and by using a different brush my markings are different.

I am using my large bushy hogs hair brush made in Barcelona and I want to use the dark green shade I have made with the three colours. I apply on dry paper by pressing in areas and then using my Chinese brush I drag downwards over the pressed dark green paint to soften in.

I am using my Chinese brush spiked out and press the cadmium yellow paint on thick in areas for the highlights of the rapeseed field.

I am applying a darker shade mixing all three colours together which is red, Prussian blue and cadmium yellow. Press the paint on with your spiked out Chinese brush and do this gradually in areas. Then observe what you have achieved so far.

I am sticking with my Chinese brush and I applying a mixture of red and yellow and applying in tiny amounts in areas. Then I apply some limey green made with Prussian blue and Cadmium yellow using a press, dab and stipple brushwork movement.

I am observing the sky with a slight reddy very pale glow and I am using it in the foreground by pressing the paint in areas then slightly wetting back in using a Chinese brush.

I have mixed red and Prussian blue and apply light touches of paint, making sure the Chinese brush is spiked out and you need to do this process gradually not too much paint on your brush. You are still working on dry paper. This effect will create texture to your painting.

Using my Chinese brush I spike the brush out and press the cadmium yellow paint into the brush. Then I drag downwards on dry watercolour paper to create the crop field.