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I thought everyone might be interested in how I might go about painting an abstract watercolour. I think watercolour wet in wet lends itself towards abstraction. One of my favourite paintings is an abstract similar to this that we have in our dining room at home.

This was painted on a full sheet of Rives BFK etching paper 280gsm white (56cm x 76cm)

The colours used were:
Winsor Red
Winsor Blue (red shade)
Mix of Winsor Blue (red shade) and Light Red
And some alizarin crimson in the yoghurt tub

I had not mixed the pigments up in the bowls properly so that is why I had to work the brush with the water sometimes to recharge the mix.

As you could probably see I used a lot of table salt which soaked up the pigment and created some lovely textures on the page.

I used 2, 3 and 4 inch hake brushes for this painting and a few kids yoghurt tubs to tip the pigment onto.

You could also see that I used the hair dryer to move the pigment in certain directions and cause certain drying lines as I went. If I didn't like something then I sprayed it out again and then continued drying.

Hope you enjoyed this!

I actually really like the end result!

Cheers

Scott


 
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Paints
Winsor and Newton Artist Quality Tubes:
Cobalt Blue amazon: https://geni.us/WinsorNewtonCobaltBlue
Yellow Ochre amazon: https://geni.us/YellowOchreTube
Light Red amazon: https://geni.us/LightRedTube

Winsor and Newton Cotman Tubes (student quality):
Cobalt Blue amazon: https://geni.us/cotmancobaltblue
Light Red amazon: https://geni.us/cotmanlightred
Yellow Ochre amazon: https://geni.us/cotmanyellowochre


Tape
3M Scotch Magic Tape amazon: https://geni.us/ScotchMagicTape19mm
3M Scotch Removable Tape amazon: https://geni.us/ScotchRemovableTape

Brushes
Round Sable Size 12 round kolinsky sable from amazon: https://geni.us/SAAKolinskySable

Imitation sable amazon: https://geni.us/EscodaRoundSable

Holbein Hake Brushes: https://geni.us/HolbeinHakeBrushes

Equivalent Hake Brushe 2” amazon: https://geni.us/WinsorNewtonHake

Nylon Flat Brush amazon: https://geni.us/NylonFlatBrush

Travel Brush set with covers amazon: https://geni.us/travelbrushset

Mixing Brushes and other effect brushes amazon: https://geni.us/HogBristleBrushes

If you just want two hogs bristle brushes then the best thing to do is to head to your local art supplies store and buy them there.

Watercolour Paper
Arches 300gsm medium cold pressed pad amazon: https://geni.us/ArchesPad

Arches 300gsm medium cold pressed block which is glued on the outside so you don’t have to stick it down on a board amazon: https://geni.us/ArchesWatercolourPaper

Rives BFK etching paper. Probably best to source this from your local store so you can look after the paper and not have it posted unless you are buying a large amount of paper and it will be looked after. There is nothing worse than getting hundreds of sheets all with a indent in them. Having said that you can actually source this paper from amazon:

https://geni.us/RivesBFK

Some people have been extremely happy with the state of the paper when it arrived (and some not!)

I love this paper it is soft and lights are lifted easily from it.


Equipment Used to Film Each Episode

Camera Canon 6d mark II with 24105 lens amazon: https://geni.us/Canon6dMarkII

Iphone 11: https://geni.us/iphone11pro256gb 

Rode Video Mic Pro amazon: https://geni.us/RodeVidMicPro

I also use: Rode Wireless Go Mic: https://geni.us/rodewirelessmic 

Aputure LED Lights from amazon: https://geni.us/apurtureH198light

Aputure LED Lights with stand from amazon: https://geni.us/aputureledlight

Mac Book Pro for editing: https://www.apple.com/

Friction arms
Manfrotto friction arm short one amazon: https://geni.us/ManfrottoMicroFriction

Manfrotto magic arm longer one so my camera can be closer to the page from my overhead rig amazon: https://geni.us/manfrottofrictionarm