Learn to Paint! Easy Beginners Seascape while testing papers, and making greeting cards.
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- čas přidán 10. 09. 2024
- Easy seascape with boats.
I’m using this image for a couple of purposes: to guide beginners with a simple small painting, and to test papers to see how they compare. If you want to create a unique card to use as a gift, this is the method to use.
Feel free to scrub forward if you only want painting info!
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/ shirleypeters
MY MATERIALS:
Paper: Arches Cold Pressed, Medium 21cm x 41cm Block pad.
Paint: Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolours
Brushes: Watercolour Mop, Chisel Flat, Round Sable, Rigger.
Brushes: www.borntosketc...
www.escoda.com
MUST HAVE BASICS that I recommend for starting out.
Lemon yellow
Permanent Orange
Alizarin Crimson
Perylene Red
Carbozole Purple
French Ultramarine
Cobalt Blue
Green Apatite Genuine
Purple
Burnt Sienna
Burnt Umber
Lamp Black
Website: www.shirleypete...
Facebook Page: / shirleypetersart
Twitter: / shirleypeters
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Full List of Watercolors in my current palette
Lemon yellow
Cadmium Yellow Medium Hue
Aureoles
French Ochre
Permanent Orange
Perylene Red
Quinacridone Magenta
Alizarin Crimson
Moonglow
French Ultramarine
Pthalo Blue
Indathrone Blue
Cobalt Blue
Manganese Blue
Cobalt Teal Blue
Undersea Green
Sap Green
Green Apatite Genuine
Perylene Green
Burnt Tigers Eye Genuine
Transparent Red Oxide
Burnt Sienna
Burnt Umber
Sepia
Paynes Grey
Lamp Black
Great to see the difference in paper. Cheaper paper gives cheaper results. Thx Shirley.
As a beginner your lesson is really appreciated. Here I sit at home in California, U.S. and watch you paint in Australia. What a marvelous wonderful thing at 79 years of age your lessons bring me a lot of joy.
I’m in Idaho, 79 years old. I sure enjoy watching her also. I’m a beginner I’m just not catching on real fast, there’s a lot to this. Good luck!
Geraldine Lucas I’m in CA too and just learning! Hello fellow artist!
Geraldine Lucas that’s wonderful! Enjoy!
What a wonderful person you are Shirley 😊
I am a true beginner with more enthusiasm than talent but I’m really keen to learn and have no idea where to start so thank you very much for sharing your skills 😊
That’s great. Everyone should have a shoulder to look over! Have fun learning!
I wish Arches was $20 here in Australia. Cotton papers are at least $40 for A4 if not more. We pay so much more for any watercolour supplies. Thank you for this easier watercolour tutorial. It's really appreciated. I will be trying this over the weekend.
Thanks. I was wondering what the updated prices were. I tried to google it before uploading but the internet failed!
@@shirleypeters I've managed to pick up some 20cm x 20cm today. 6 sheets for $9 from our cheap cheap store. It says it's cold pressed 100% cotton 440gsm made in India. It looks a bit rough but at that price I don't mind paying for it. My fund for decent colours now needs to grow a bit then I will put in an order to Jackson's. I can't wait for that but in the meantime will continue to use my mix of Reeves and Mont Matte colours.
That paper sounds good. Maybe sourcing from Asia might be the go!
Love your videos for any number of reasons Shirley, thank you so much :)
Thank you for showing how the different papers react with the same paints and techniques. The video was quite interesting and I did learn alot!
Thank you! I’m glad you liked it.
Wonderful teaching style, Shirley! Your seascape cards turned out lovely. I look forward to watching more of your helpful tutorials. Thank you!
Thank you very much for this lesson! Very good information and demonstration on the different papers and how they react to water and pigment! I found this very helpful! Thanks again and have a blessed day!
My favourite is Arches medium as well Shirley. I love doing cards for family and friends. It’s fun-especially for grandkids.
Thank you so much for your tutorials. They are awesome!!!
I have seen Paper Demos before but never so spot on. Thanks for sharing your skills it is very helpful.
I'm glad you found this video helpful.
As a beginner I have no idea about how the water colour paint affects the different papers. Tks for demonstrating this for me. It's given me the opportunity to see how the paper absorbs the paint etc. I like the Arches Medium 185gsm out of your demo.
Shirley... I have just found you and I am a New Subbie and instant fan 💗🎨 I have really become addicted to watercolor! Hahaha 💗 your videos are a joy to watch and I find them so helpful and informative! So much to learn 🤯👍 now on to binge watch 😂🤣 😂
🎨 ArtOn 🎨
That’s great! Thankyou.
Another really helpful video Shirley, as I’ve just started watercolour painting having recently retired! Thank you for doing these videos. All the best Stephen🇦🇺👍Perth WA.
Thanks for your comment. I’m glad you found it helpful.
Thank you Shirley! Great info!♥️🙏🏻
Thanks! I enjoyed this and learned some valuable things too.
Thanks! You are a good artist and you have a great workshop!
Enjoyed this so much!
Good job Shirley
love it 1
I watched the video and thought..... Too easy! I soooooo should have replayed the video instead of going off on my own!
I wish there was a way to upload my painting for you to see..... Because, OMG! What a disastrous result!
As Sarah on Let's Make Art says, 'I'm not mad about it. It's just paper"..........
Now watching to insert the boats, because I've overworked this piece soooooo badly!
Really excellent tutorials!
+chaserkitty Do it three times! You’ll improve. Thanks for the comment.
Miss you !
💕 I’m back! Hope you’ve been painting!
Thank you. This has been great.
Great work Shirl! xxx
Thanks Carm! This one has taken a while, so I'm glad it's finally uploaded.
Thank you!
Hello again Shirley. I wanted to ask you since I find this so helpful because it is a short lesson and takes up a small amount of space so you can pause and go slow or choose to go along with you. I chose to go along and it happened to be my first ever of an actual painting from start to finish. Before this it was just mixing colors and watching videos and reading.
Anyway, it is my birthday today so it was intentional that I did my first painting as a rebirth as my new artist self. At least I hope so. My request is that you actually do do a winter or Christmasy themed card because I would love to send them to a few select people as like you said a kind of girl or piece of myself. You can’t buy that kind of thing.
Once again thank you for being here and for being approachable.
Cheers,
Kevin
Thanks Kevin. Good idea for a Christmas card!
Hi Shirley, Love your teaching style and tips! I am wondering if the blue you used was manganese, and not cerulean?
Good guess! It is! I took the time to check my colour chart and it.s Manganese Blue Hue.
Hi Shirley...
Enjoyed this...interesting with the different papers...
what weight is the Canson paper?
I’ve played around with 180 gms paper unsuccessfully so I’ll use it for something else.
Many thanks for this episode.
270gsm. Thanks for watching. Good luck.
I love your work and how you teach because many times people just do instead of explaining why. Lastly I just bought a new set of brushes that I am not happy with. Can you say which brushes are your favorites?
Thankyou. I appreciate your comment. I’m using brushes from an online source, Born to Sketch. The link is below the video. Also, Escoda in Spain.
Have you tried the Princeton Heritage 4050 Series? I'm not sure about the availability to Australia but Jackson's Art in London might be a place to look for an option with good prices too. www.jacksonsart.com/en-au/
Thanks so much for your reply and advice. I am just starting out and was excited to get the brushes so it was terribly disappointing when they didn’t act as I was hoping.
I live in Brooklyn NY in the US and I did take a look at Escobar, but between the difference in currency and shipping plus not many choices I think I’ll pass but thanks again for getting back to me 😀
I really do love how your brushes act though. You mentioned Joseph somebody but I didn’t get the last name. Is he a special brush maker? Lastly, it seems that calligraphy brushes seem very similar to the ones used for watercolor. Have you used them before? If so, what did you think?
Cheers and keep up the great work!
ps. Love the accent 😉
Kevin
Kevin Coulthard Here is the direction link to my preferred brushes. They are expensive, but really good: www.escoda.com/artist/joseph_zbukvic
Karla Smith I went to my local art shop to get some paper and pads and thought let me see if they have any brushes. Low and behold they had the 4050 series and I picked up a few and I’m so glad I did because compared to the others it’s night and day! I just wanted to thank you for your recommendation 😉
Using 140 lb. weight cotton watercolor paper by Strathmore and never had this problem before, but paper is pilling and pieces coming off while painting. Could it be the paints, or the water, or can paper get too old, I don't know what to do with it. Any ideas? Thank you for any help you can suggest.
Even good quality paper can pill. It could be the age. Not the water or paints, I don't think. You might need to practice using less strokes to get the colour onto the paper: maybe try a 'richer' brew to start with, and just sweep it across the paper with out a second touch.
You do use a different shade of blue in the sky vs the water, but I was a lways learning that the water should reflect the sky?
Yes it does. But it also has below surface influences. And then there is ‘artistic licence’! :-)
@@shirleypeters very true 😊 It is a beautiful painting too by the way!
Hello, just curious: how did you come tochoose Daniel Smith watercolors?
They are very rich. And some of the colours are unique.
They are very rich. And some of the colours are unique.
Better idea is to fold it in half, cut the paper and then stick the finished painting to card-stock. Then you get another piece of paper to paint with!
Great idea!! In the past I was careless about paper costs: but now it's an issue. Thanks for this tip.
Thank you so much, this is where I am at with watercolours, I first used Saunders Waterford, it ended up like an acrylic pour and I was thinking oh dear, I will never get the hang of this. That was 5 years ago. Hand on heart, I am grateful for your lessons. Btw how does Saunders W compare to Arches ? Do you like it, it was on special for $2.50 a sheet. Affordable for me, but, not if this affected my confidence. Best regards Aubs 🙂
+Aubrey Finch I have that Saunders but I’m not happy with the size so I rarely use it. When I do I’ll come back here and give you my opinion.
+Aubrey Finch I think it’s ok. I’ll use it in a video soon. Thanks.
So beautiful tutorial .l did along with you. Really nice and appreciating the effort u took.thank you mam
+Vinodhini Dinesh That’s great.
i love the vids but the adds are a turn off, every 3 min an add,, takes the vibes away, ty anyway
I’m sorry that you have the ads. It’s the only way I can get payment for my videos. I’d love to not have them. You can click them away after 6 seconds? But I know it’s an interruption.
Warning Alzheimer's in progress, I bet you burn a lot of cooking as well.
A smooth rough, if I had a hairdryer the list goes on god help your husband
Ha!! I really got myself in a knot with this one! Next video is an improvement!! And poor hubby. Long suffering!