How to Paint a Spontaneous Watercolor Landscape

How to Paint a Spontaneous Watercolor Landscape - "Accidental Painting"

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9 жыл бұрын

Here's how I paint a completely spontaneous, impromptu painting - a random painting with no forethought or plan. Just splash down some paint and see what emerges. I call them accidental paintings. It works best with landscape forms and is a great way to practice various techniques when you don't know what to paint.
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@hughemrich9466 7 жыл бұрын

Michael....I am 77 .have been doing watercolor(only) for over 50 years, am self taught..a loose term, there are so many good books....I am a loner so i just never could get much into the group thing...I don't think I have ever replied to someone.....so....I am compelled to tell you how much i appreciate you and your style.Being a christian I enjoy your easy ,non preachey, manner of sharing your faith..A good teacher inspires confidence and a sense of I can do this...you do this in aces...This little impromptu painting and encouraging others to do it, helps to overcome one of a painters biggest obstacles. Even before we start to school, we are taught to use symbols when we wright or draws opposed to what we see...stick figures.little christmas trees, block houses and so forth. The vast majority of children drawing books show how to make circles and squares into chickens and cows. I think this becomes so part of us that it takes effort to overcome...I have been very blessed to still ,after 57 years ,to be married to my high school sweat heart and we have home schooled 6. I have never stooped being amazed at just how creative kids can be.The bible tells us to become like little children....good advice ,I think for an aspiring artist.

@mindofwatercolor 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words Hugh. We homeschooled our 5 too. Glad to have you aboard!

@LauradB65 Жыл бұрын

After having seen your spontaneous painting during these years I eventually gave it a try, and WOW triple WOW! it’s so freeing letting your imagination go following the colours and the shapes and doing splatters. It’s a game changer for a self taught painter with no visual imagination like me. Thanks 🙏 😊

@mindofwatercolor 9 жыл бұрын

@ susan n. - Yep, failure is the best teacher I know. Most experienced artists just call them "studies" LOL!

@TheGypsygirl809 2 ай бұрын

Absolutely beautiful!!! I’ll give it a try this is the second video of yours I’ve watched. I need to let go & dive in.. I have to believe I can still learn to do new things even at 73. Thank you i feel encouraged.

@telenaeldridge3737 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the message about allowing yourself to fail. I have just started to play around with watercolors at the age of 55 and I am trying to embrace their unpredictability. I think watercolors are a tremendous metaphor for life.

@mindofwatercolor 7 жыл бұрын

Very true!

@whiteoakgoldenretrievers4446 Жыл бұрын

I forgot how much I love these spontaneous paintings. They do help me tremendously start painting!

@n8vtxn935 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Very enjoyable to watch and inspirational too. By the way... at the 3:47 time stamp, a dragon or lizard emerged from the trees! He hung out for a while, until 6:23ish when he started to grow branches and became one with the trees.

@susann.291 9 жыл бұрын

EMBRACE FAILURE....I am writing it on several sticky notes to place on the mirror, dashboard of my car, etc. Thank you for assisting me in snapping out of that "This is going to be hanging on a wall at the MOMA after I sell it for $Billions," which is why I have more unfinished paintings, than finished. GET OVER YOURSELF SUSAN AND EMBRACE FAILURE! Thank you so much!

@susanweekley6152 9 жыл бұрын

Spontaneous Progress. 40 seconds in I could visualize your landscape. Thank you for demonstrating the process.

@mindofwatercolor 9 жыл бұрын

Susan Weekley You're welcome. Yes, halfway through or less I usually start to see ideas emerge and I start steering the painting in those directions.

@mindofwatercolor 9 жыл бұрын

@ Michael - Oh sure you do! You have nothing to loose. Thats what I mean by giving yourself permission to fail. If you must come away with a great painting then you'll generate fear and frustration. If your goal is to learn how a technique works, you'll be successful. Eventually those learned techniques WILL turn out paintings you're proud of.

@mgm219 9 жыл бұрын

The Mind of Watercolor Thanks Steve, that's a great way to look at it. I will give this a try.

@veryberry39 8 жыл бұрын

That's always been my fear, and the reason why I--and most other people, I'm sure--stop making art altogether. When I was a kid, I made these 4 "life-size" drawings of the Beatles and stuck them on my wall, and I thought they were the neatest things ever. I tried to do it again just a few years later, and was so self-conscious about how bad my drawing was that I just gave up. It's hard to keep in mind that practice is the only way to get better (which is strange to me, because the same goes for writing, and I've never had problems cranking out stories for myself!). Anyway, my point in all this is to say thank you for the video AND the advice! My unofficial resolution for the year is to practice, and I will be repeating this lime a mantra every time my brain says "Oh no, you're terrible at this, you'd better just stick to what you're good at."

@julianaleo631 8 жыл бұрын

Maybe if you need help...take a class. You don't have to go it alone, when you are learning. There are many avenues to try - find a social group that does painting, your local library may offer classes, or go to an Artist themselves...instead of KZfaq - who can work with you One on One. Painting may not be your forte' like your writing, but you may have to sacrifice Ego to learn. We can't all be an Artist, or writer, or whatever...without some kind of Teaching and Learning. You will waste a lot of time doing Nothing...for what - Fear? Consider this - What you do TODAY is important - because you are exchanging a Day of Life for IT...whatever that might be. Don't waste your precious Life worrying about What IF's.

@suzannejohnson3335 7 жыл бұрын

facebook has a closed water color group where if asked, other artists help beginning artists

@briangude8555 6 жыл бұрын

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@mchris1020 4 жыл бұрын

Love watching you develop these spontaneous paintings!

@iabaly 7 жыл бұрын

ahhhh....watching you is generating much pleasure and love of watercolor painting....I am jus a beginner., 2 weeks now..but the more I'm watching you the more I am falling in love...with this way of painting! Some years ago, I was painting with oil, reproduction stuff, no creativity..But Watercolor?! omg...it will make my creativity alive! Thank you so much!

@anthonykoeslag 4 жыл бұрын

I keep coming back to your spontaneous pictures, they really are lovely

@PatrolNation 9 жыл бұрын

Excellent video as always Steve. Looking forward to the studio tour. Keep the great vids coming. I hope you're making Reece pull his weight and not goof off too much.

@mindofwatercolor 9 жыл бұрын

Lyle Gillan Yeah, he's good to have around if for no other reason than to keep me from taking myself too seriously. :-)

@blancheelaineanderson9892 7 жыл бұрын

Just beautiful!

@fantine9585 5 жыл бұрын

LOVE this! I come back to this video again & again!!

@soniazawacki5459 4 жыл бұрын

You make this look soooo easy! I couldn't imagine what you were going to do with this when you had the first layer of paint down. WOW. It's magical! thanks for sharing your talents with us.

@lasvistasatitlan 2 жыл бұрын

WOW! Just amazing!

@oscarlopez1463 2 жыл бұрын

Stunning!!

@lynnpomeroy9336 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely beautiful

@miriam9230 4 жыл бұрын

You are totally right ! Love this thinking

@millbrand7369 5 жыл бұрын

Beautiful!

@cazscot8397 7 жыл бұрын

fantastic how you see shapes and make a wonderful painting out of so few colours - thank you. Caz

@lynnemartin2291 8 жыл бұрын

This is by far the most wonderful exercise to create the beauty of watercoloring. I watch it often to get inspired and admire your gift.

@jojoquinn2 4 жыл бұрын

This is certainly one of my favorite tutorials. Love this!

@thewordisahammer6634 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful. Inspirational.

@Koroheath 7 жыл бұрын

I love your spontaneous painting, your teaching is warm and sharing, I hope to learn more of your techniques.

@lindafravel4636 7 жыл бұрын

So much fun!

@osnatizhak3819 5 жыл бұрын

SO BEAUTIFUL

@seapossumsforrest8162 6 жыл бұрын

Really love it. Thank you for posting!

@jennietomlin9310 7 жыл бұрын

You do a great job of saving those wonderful serendipities! I call what you are doing serendipitous paintingj!! Love it!

@sandyzando.7854 4 жыл бұрын

Love this....I call the style intuitive painting...you are not thinking about it, just doing it!! You are the best!!

@mushiArt 3 жыл бұрын

Ooo. How much fun is THAT! Love watching you work that magic. It will be fun to try! Thank you.

@pipocaemanteiga 8 жыл бұрын

Wondeful tecnique ! Thanks Steve!

@desireeyoung2814 6 жыл бұрын

Absolutely beautiful!!!

@pate8250 7 жыл бұрын

Loved it. Thanks Steve. Fascinating to see how it developed.

@annewright8184 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for this wonderful idea! The end result was beautiful. I love the colors! I'll be doing this for sure!

@susanreinersuedahl 4 жыл бұрын

Love. Love. Love the music!

@gprogers1 3 жыл бұрын

Just saw this one today - timeless and brilliant. Very beautiful result. Thank you

@pepasanchez5732 2 жыл бұрын

Espectacular!!

@sarahassan2067 3 жыл бұрын

WoW! Awesome!

@pjlewisful Жыл бұрын

fantastic ... what fun!

@doreenaitken5308 Жыл бұрын

i love doing this at the start of many paints. it definitely loosens me up

@karabishopart4153 7 жыл бұрын

So encouraging and I love the bit about not being afraid of failure. Thanks for all your brilliant teaching and your informal fun manner.

@lindathaxton1994 3 жыл бұрын

Sooooo fun - inspiring !

@TheBicycleLadyThings 9 жыл бұрын

I have watch this a couple of times and thank you for giving us an exercise to freeing up.

@bonnieolendorf70 2 жыл бұрын

Loved watching the brush work in this video!!

@ramey609 6 жыл бұрын

Super creativeness!

@heatherrasmussen145 6 жыл бұрын

This is excellent. And exactly what I need to do to build confidence. Very excited to try this out!

@dedealexander9135 2 жыл бұрын

This is one of my all time favorite watercolor tutorials!! Bravo!!

@debbierobbins4164 4 жыл бұрын

This is amazing - wonderful to watch . It should be used as some sort of therapy - I can't wait to try one myself. Thankyou

@carolynfricke9319 5 жыл бұрын

This was so much fun!

@judyptak7118 7 жыл бұрын

Great! You make it look easy.

@deborahpopovich5010 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your encouragement to us newbies!

@KathleenBrown-is6yo 6 ай бұрын

Love your creativity! Love your permission to be free & let the water paint it. Love your humor!!

@annemac8175 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant as usual.

@danakolpin1289 6 жыл бұрын

Wow I was amazed at what you can do with a sponetaneous painting. i will definitely be trying this technique when I start my painting. Dana

@user-qr4px3rh7k 3 жыл бұрын

Oh! I love it so much.

@personthatmakesstuff4186 7 жыл бұрын

Wow. Great painting!

@shushup3856 6 жыл бұрын

Love this method. Also love the irish music in the background. Thank you!

@StevenVentimiglia 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome piece for such a casual approach. The tapping of one brush onto the base of another to get a splatter effect was something I never really considered, always resorting to a flick or toothbrush. Very cool.

@sierratuazon 9 жыл бұрын

This is a fantastic way to learn how to loosen up in my paintings! Thank you!

@lizkb5473 7 жыл бұрын

Love it, can't wait to try.

@lulugregory3246 6 жыл бұрын

Oh wow I love that fan brush!

@tinabteeters9235 2 жыл бұрын

Your process is so fun to watch. I am learning a lot. Thank you 😊

@helenduplessis9820 5 жыл бұрын

Delightful!! Loved it!! ,

@jasonmullins4826 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the words of encouragement and sound advice. I got so frustrated with my art not getting anywhere that I literally walked away from drawing/painting for over a year. But now I am committed to being the best that I can be and enjoying the process along the way. And I am grateful I have found your channel. Thank you sir and hopefully you can keep making great videos!

@lisamont8182 6 жыл бұрын

Fantastic !!!

@skygale8510 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful work!

@irmacruz7771 6 жыл бұрын

Love it! Thanks

@acidkween 7 жыл бұрын

Inspiring! Thanks for sharing!

@colleenmcchesney1482 3 жыл бұрын

I really like the suggestion of spontaneous creative painting to practice techniques, learn how to go with what the watercolors are doing & be accepting of failures and the outcomes of the process. Thanks for sharing this video and keeping us inspired and motivated to continue with watercolor painting regardless of what level painter/artist we are.

@tristonho451 7 жыл бұрын

amazing technique and painting!

@davidcoplan 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing your talents. You have a wonderful manner in your presentations that makes it easy and fun to watch. David

@AndyLaw1Freeforall 7 жыл бұрын

Sweet painting. I really like the way you made it look 3d by adding the first few branches. Kind of blew my mind.

@samanthasmith4617 6 жыл бұрын

Very inspiring. Beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

@sandyleboy5621 8 жыл бұрын

Absolutely beautiful...I can only aspire.....

@tombryan720 3 жыл бұрын

Love it thanks! Reese really knows his stuff

@SewLambitious 6 жыл бұрын

Wonderful!! This is what I want to be able to accomplish when I finally get back to watercolor painting. I want to go with the flow and let the painting take me where it wants to go. Thank you!

@shaziarafat1200 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant piece !! Loved the outcome . Its controlled chaos . When i try , its just chaos 😂

@kathyphifer7546 7 ай бұрын

Beautiful surprise!

@MarleyPeifer 5 жыл бұрын

Permission to fail is such an important concept! Thanks for sharing that.

@Hazartist 7 жыл бұрын

I love this and have always wanted to paint this way. Watching this has helped me. I just need to try. Thank you!

@catherinelevison3310 5 жыл бұрын

LOVE THAT~~~I’m going to do that tomorrow while watching you in slow speed. Thanks!!

@bobbysuejabat8119 2 жыл бұрын

Love the music!! And my goodness that so pretty!!

@alejandrogonzalezlopez5883 6 жыл бұрын

Fan and rigger brushes are unique in their character, a must have ace under a watercolorist sleeve indeed! -A

@christineappel-hinderliter3086 8 жыл бұрын

Great way to learn and I love the upbeat music

@Windkisssed 8 жыл бұрын

What a great outcome!! How fun! thanks for sharing. Lauri

@mindofwatercolor 8 жыл бұрын

+Windkisssed You bet!

@marywalter1249 9 жыл бұрын

Love love love your ease of painting and find it very encouraging...

@mindofwatercolor 9 жыл бұрын

Mary Walter Thank you!

@MedaHalmaciu 7 жыл бұрын

I am fascinated by your unique style of painting tree groupings. Although I am more inclined to do botanical illustration I have lately been inspired to paint the surrounding landscapes and paint on location. I'm really bad at it but this 'embrace the failure' attitude really helps. Thanks for all the inspiration. I love watching your videos.