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.

I have spiked out my Chinese brush and press the green that I have made with the three colours onto the dry paper. It gives a textured effect and a contrast to the ethereal background.

I sweep over the yellow wash the shades of green mixing all three shades together. I apply on damp paper.

I am working on dry paper and for a contrast I sweep cadmium yellow beneath the ethereal woodland backdrop.

I had to go back to the baseline where the woodland has evolved and apply some earth shade in dashes working downwards with the tip of the brush or press the paint on. The paper was damp.

I have made an earth shade and I apply beneath the baseline using the paint thicker while the paper is damp.

I have mixed all three colours and keep mixing to achieve the muted dark base line colour which looks almost monochrome. Apply beneath the base line while the paper is moist and run your brush all the way across. Then tip the paper for 4 to 5 seconds and lay flat.

I sweep the paint across the moist watercolour paper with my Chinese brush and I can see that the colours have divided, separated along the baseline or bleed away.

While the paper is wet and I have made a dark earthy green I run my brush beneath the base line, then tip the paper for 4 to 5 seconds then lay it flat. Watching again the pigments evolving into natural shapes.

As I run my brush full of paint that I have made with the three colours and achieved a muted, earthy, dark green colour. The paper is wet and I tip the paint to release the pigment, watch how the natural shapes of the landscape start to evolve.

Watching the pigments take shape and then deciding what to do next is part of the process.

I have made a muted earthy pine green with the three colours on my plate, using a Chinese brush I apply below the baseline all the way across the paper while the paper is wet. I then tip away from me for 4 to 5 seconds then lay the paper flat on the table.

I have made a deep Prussian blue colour with the three colours and then I apply over the base line while the paper is wet. I tip the paper away from me for 5 seconds then I lay it flat. Just notice how the pigment divides gradually after this experimental process.

I am using my Chinese brush and applying the colour that I have made with the three colours, creating a dark brown. I run my brush along the base line while the paper is wet. Just focus on the line it’s great practice for your brush control.

I have achieved the grey shade that I need mixing the three colours and I apply the clouds using my Chinese brush in a scrubbing and spiral technique. Make sure the paper is wet.

I am using my Chinese brush and have mixed all three colours together to achieve an earthy brown. I then apply with confidence the horizontal line all the way across the paper while the paper is wet. Observe the feathering where the pigment releases.