How to scrape rocks with a plastic card, Misty Watercolour Seascape simple loose watercolor tutorial

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3 жыл бұрын

/ loisdavidsonart www.etsy.com/uk/shop/OwlsAndF... In this video I show you how I use a plastic store card to etch or scrape out rocks, stones etc in the misty watercolour seascape.
Materials: Saunders Waterford cold pressed NOT paper, 11" x 15"/28cm x 38cm, paynes grey, sepia, raw and burnt sienna, indigo. I used various brushes including hakes, flats, riggers, calligraphy brushes, and a plastic store card for etching. My paper isn't pre-stretched, I simply tape it to my board with masking tape, it will buckle a bit as I paint but will dry flat. My board is at an angle of about 45-60 degrees. Thanks for watching!

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@jennyreed2597 3 жыл бұрын

A masterpiece I think I can see some shrimps in a little pool! Well done Lois very atmospheric 🤗

@LoisDavidsonArt 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for your lovely comment ! 💕

@NMranchhand 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, there’s more “clever” stuffed into that 20 minutes than any other painting vid on KZfaq. Additionally, you’re just a natural at verbal instruction. Thanks very much.

@janetandjimjohnson5927 10 ай бұрын

Just came across your demonstration of scraping rocks with a plastic card. I think the painting is beautiful and elegant. I'd love to step into the picture and sit on the shore for a while gazing out at the beach. Ahh!

@Turkeeney 3 жыл бұрын

You are such a good communicator! And a marvellous artist. I cannot attend an art course because of lockdown. but with you I am learning so much. Thank you!

@LoisDavidsonArt 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, so pleased you are enjoying the videos in these strange times

@bellac8049 11 ай бұрын

So beautiful thank you

@marlenecarter8177 Жыл бұрын

Marvellous. Thankyou. 😊

@alexandruepuran 3 жыл бұрын

I guess we assist to some mind reading here: it's exactly what I badly needed to see! Thank you so much!

@LoisDavidsonArt 3 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it, I hope it helps!

@mariajesusfernandezcastano8582 3 жыл бұрын

I find it very beautiful... Remembers me a zen landscape...

@LoisDavidsonArt 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for your lovely comment 💕

@adv1578 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your tutorials and your time. I love the choice of colors, tones and compositions of your paintings. Your sensitivity and intelligence make the viewer vibrate, which is much more important than the colors. The path you have opened can take you far.

@davidcathcart231 3 жыл бұрын

I love how simple, and yet dynamic this painting is. I will have to give it a try.

@larsenglund4061 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for these tips! Very instructive.

@LoisDavidsonArt 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your positive feedback!

@ralphberman4208 7 ай бұрын

Terrific and thorough front to end r berm 20:42 20:44

@borleyboo5613 11 ай бұрын

Beautiful. And those rocks look so realistic. 😊

@baggypants57 3 жыл бұрын

Another amazing class on skill, patience and creativity! Thank you so much for the pleasure...

@karolfrench5816 2 жыл бұрын

THANKYOU so very much for sharing your creations and guiding us along. Please continue to enjoy helping and inspiring others with your magic

@moniefoster7871 3 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful painting!

@danielleleclaire717 3 жыл бұрын

I will try! Your atmophere is as usual, so fabulous.

@suresh.karthikeyan 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Lois ! You are a marvellous artist and a great teacher. Your techniques are simple and effective. And as somebody else has also mentioned, you are an excellent communicator. I truly relish your painting videos.

@itsmedebls 3 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad I came across your page! I love your loose style. I have essential tremors and it's been very difficult to cross over from acrylics to watercolor. Thanks for your encouragement!

@joycegilley6601 3 жыл бұрын

This painting is lovely! Thank you for such good instructions!

@sarahgranville 3 жыл бұрын

So beautiful Lois. I’m definitely giving this a go. Thanks for sharing x

@shashikantmaindargi7085 Жыл бұрын

Marvelous, simply beautiful.

@alexandrahubner6736 2 жыл бұрын

I love it!

@miekemiddelhuis3782 3 жыл бұрын

Gorgeous, thank you Lois!

@enyardreems 2 жыл бұрын

You make it look so natural!

@TheBeverleyann 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful technique ! Lovely scene . Thank you .

@LoisDavidsonArt 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much 😊💐

@thatisartnotpffft6368 3 жыл бұрын

The subtle rain in the center of the sky adds to this in a big way. Very nice throughout!.👍

@LoisDavidsonArt 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

@tanyahunter7320 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for a very clear tutorial. This is greatly appreciated. Your artwork is beautiful 💙

@zoe999mu 3 жыл бұрын

Another amazing tutorial. Thank you very much for your generosity!

@ruthfulton2079 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful. More of these please.

@cathykirwan2292 3 жыл бұрын

I look forward to trying this! Excellent tutorial! Thank you so much!

@ann-marielofberg1159 3 жыл бұрын

This looks amazing!

@marcynewman3863 Жыл бұрын

Amazing! So beautiful.

@alisonlyons4691 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Lois, such helpful tips. Will be trying out the store card. I'm really an oil lover or acrylic, but loving using water colour again for a change. I used cling film yesterday, wow !! it worked so thanks again Alioban xx

@connieostroha8423 3 жыл бұрын

Love the simplicity of this one Lois! Gorgeous!

@LoisDavidsonArt 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Connie!

@katrinagerdes3119 4 ай бұрын

Thank you. This tutorial was very nice and informative.

@rhondacalabro867 Жыл бұрын

Always great! Thanks for sharing your talent.

@roxanacastro-kooi6066 3 жыл бұрын

You're an excellent teacher! You can explain zo well! I love your style of painting! Thxs to share your knowledge in the name of art students

@nerellecharles1233 2 жыл бұрын

Great painting thanks for demonstrating

@carolynchs8039 3 жыл бұрын

thank you so much for this tutorial. I have tried for years to think of an easy way to do rocks- I applied your technique to a painting of fishing boat in a cove with rocky shores- it turned out really well- thanks so much- really appreciate it:-) NOT being able to do this, kept me from painting many different scenes.

@madhursrivastav 3 жыл бұрын

You make this magic look so easy

@peterbuxton2542 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent ideas and execution thankyou so much

@suev1520 3 жыл бұрын

In awe….so fabulous 💕

@gradeez 2 жыл бұрын

That's F ridiculous!. So satisfying to watch!

@matingarastudios 2 жыл бұрын

Great piece. You’re a champion!

@lucianamagnanifernandes2816 3 жыл бұрын

Just wonderful

@carolinafernandezoro733 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome!!!!

@mchris1020 3 жыл бұрын

A very peaceful scene. Beautiful.

@LoisDavidsonArt 3 жыл бұрын

thank you!

@CartoonButt 3 жыл бұрын

So beautiful artwork thank you Louis... I'm picking up on your techniques and your thoughts

@francishughes5205 3 жыл бұрын

Lovely Lois. Thank you.

@dulcieogilvie5786 3 жыл бұрын

Looks great. Another I will have to try

@stephaniecorbett5356 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this tutorial, it is beautiful and so inspiring... you are so good at teaching...thank you again!

@dbald8 2 жыл бұрын

Lovely painting as usual and I like the rocks but the wet beach is exceptional.

@patriciawoodley9704 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Lois, you are a wonderful explainer of how and why to. You have inspired me to try once more to explore the magic of watercolour. Shall look into joining you on line soon. Patricia (NSW Australia)

@stanroberts7005 3 жыл бұрын

Another lovely painting lois them finishing touches make all the difference and useing a card brill

@LoisDavidsonArt 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Stan, one of Ron Ranson’s favourite tricks!

@DS40764 3 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed your method. I will give it a try wonderful painting. And you can use any dark colors warms and cools (even go mono cromtic. Great subject.

@cherrysimmonds5836 3 жыл бұрын

Amazingly effective, thankyou

@angela993 2 жыл бұрын

Love this want to try this out for myself see what I come up with

@siskonaerhi7159 8 ай бұрын

Wow !!❤

@margaretp867 3 жыл бұрын

This is stunning!

@LoisDavidsonArt 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@ishrika13 3 жыл бұрын

So beautiful 😍

@magalysuarez3233 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful 🥰 thanks!!!

@tanyaharris7514 3 жыл бұрын

Love it !💕

@belindahall5220 3 жыл бұрын

Lovely!!!

@dplouff0820 3 жыл бұрын

I really love this. Thank you for sharing

@LoisDavidsonArt 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

@loneborgersen5940 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for a very instructive video👌

@marynelson1349 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful, thank you.

@barbaragemin5117 3 жыл бұрын

It was very clear just how moist and thick the paint needs to be to get the effect of scraped rocks. I noticed you varied the shapes and sizes too, which is important - it’s easy to make them too similar in the rush to prevent the paint drying. Thanks very much.

@LoisDavidsonArt 3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you found it useful, some artists seem to tear through the process so you can't see what is happening, I hope this was instructive

@luisaavelar4134 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful! 👌😊

@LoisDavidsonArt 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@suel4269 3 жыл бұрын

Your videos are so relaxing to watch and very informative. Proud to be a Patreon member!

@LoisDavidsonArt 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, it's wonderful to have you in the group and seeing your beautiful paintings there!

@goat8477 11 ай бұрын

I have not gotten the hang of the store card scraping thing. Mine looks always flat... Well - I guess I keep practicing :-) Thank you for your wonderful tutorials !

@maggieshontz3501 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant. Thank you.

@LoisDavidsonArt 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! 😊💐

@marialunatorres7581 3 жыл бұрын

thanks, as always very artistic

@LoisDavidsonArt 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much 😊💐

@elizabethtaylor5971 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome thankyou

@elizabethtaylor5971 2 жыл бұрын

NZ YOU ARE AMAZING

@cecileegeorgeson_artist 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Lois lovely way to spend a easy Sunday morning cuppa.....rainy and misty here today so this fits perfectly...hope you are keeping well and that the vaccines will help improve life in the UK...ours start rolling out tomorrow

@LoisDavidsonArt 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Cecilee, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

@derekcunningham1776 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for a really superb video

@LoisDavidsonArt 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@jeanettevanbergen3992 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful..

@LoisDavidsonArt 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@sarahfarokhi 3 жыл бұрын

Très très jolie ♥️♥️♥️

@martyboone3651 2 жыл бұрын

For a customer once I did a faux finish on one wall, after I finished and left she called and said a face was in the finish and could I come back and remove the face because it watched her. I couldn’t find it but she pointed it out and of course I fixed it.

@pamgibbons2043 3 жыл бұрын

👌👌

@gloriaderteano9785 Жыл бұрын

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

@pietrovitali6788 9 ай бұрын

Beautiful. Evocative creation ;the watercolor is put a random in brush haki?

@anthonytaylor9232 Жыл бұрын

Liked the painting instruction. Don't like the Big White hole on the border edge on the right hand rock cluster - Pulls the eye away from the centre of interest. Easily done, and in this case, easily corrected! Peace.

@viridian4388 3 жыл бұрын

Oh that's wonderful, thank you! If I may ask one thing: is this doable with 80% cellulose paper? There is a huge shortage of materials at my local and non-local craft stores, and I have 300gsm, 80% cellulose, 20% cotton paper and that's the best they could do. Would it damage the paper if I started scraping?

@ozlemozlemergunhotmailcom Жыл бұрын

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🥰

@rosewest2165 3 жыл бұрын

I buy them brushes very cheap in Thailand

@unaccetable 3 жыл бұрын

Im having some problem of the paper breaking up, does this mean im putting to much water and working on the area too much?

@LoisDavidsonArt 3 жыл бұрын

It shouldn’t do as good quality watercolour paper is manufactured to take a lot of heavy work. What paper are you using? 100% cotton is best, but quality pulp paper should also be ok, some cheap papers will break up quickly

@brightstreamify 3 жыл бұрын

Could you very kindly tell me how much that bamboo hake brush cost on eBay!? I've looked for it but the only one they have costs £11. If I could get a cheaper one I'd be so happy! Thank you for your lovely videos.

@LoisDavidsonArt 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Sue, I can’t find it on EBay anymore but I paid about £8. You may be able to find a cheaper online if you do an online search, I know they do crop up from time to time on EBay and Amazon. Sorry I can’t be more helpful, any large hake should do a similar job!

@kerrinakuhns679 3 жыл бұрын

What size paper are you using?

@LoisDavidsonArt 3 жыл бұрын

Details of materials, size etc is in the description below the video

@Hagar_le_Horrible 3 жыл бұрын

Oh, bjesus, turned out nice eh? I bought a set of 5 palette knives recently for about £5.00 online, they give a very similar effect.

@LoisDavidsonArt 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I want to try palette knives at some point, I’ll look online for a cheap set!

@Hagar_le_Horrible 3 жыл бұрын

@@LoisDavidsonArt and I very much hope you enjoy them. 👌

@christinabohnenkamp3782 3 жыл бұрын

I know cheap Joe's has watercolor knives. Should I look for those? Very soothing to watch you paint.

@LoisDavidsonArt 3 жыл бұрын

@@christinabohnenkamp3782 not sure, I've never tried them!

@martyboone3651 2 жыл бұрын

The rocks on the right seems to have a face of a young girl laying down. When you see something like that do you change it or leave it?

@patriciaandrews2007 3 жыл бұрын

What tape do you use please?

@LoisDavidsonArt 3 жыл бұрын

I use ordinary decorators masking tape

@raedalrassam2257 3 жыл бұрын

🌷😍👍👍👀

@LoisDavidsonArt 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 💐💐

@anthonytaylor9232 Жыл бұрын

Milford paper ??

@LoisDavidsonArt Жыл бұрын

Saunders Waterford cold pressed paper

@anthonytaylor9232 Жыл бұрын

@@LoisDavidsonArt Tnx. In your commentary, you said Milford. I have never heard of that brand, that's why I queried it> Peace.

@LoisDavidsonArt Жыл бұрын

Sorry, it may have been Millford then but it says SW in the description below the video, and I can’t remember now. I’m a bit scatty🤔😉. Millford is made by the same company that makes Saunders Waterford, it’s another quality cotton paper made to be like the famous Whatman paper that went out of production

@anthonytaylor9232 Жыл бұрын

@@LoisDavidsonArt Yep. Whatman was good. My favourite used to be Bockinford, but that all changed a few years back, when, I suspect they changed their source of supply. I was in contact with St. Cuthbert Mill, and they told me they had recently changed the drumming process, as a result of which, they agreed that the textured finish of the paper was, now, too mechanical. And in my view, it still is. It used to have such a beautifull random textured surface to it, it was an absolute dream to use. I came to it originally via Edward Wesson, he originally had a great input and influence on the Mill and its production. Sadly he is no longer with us - Happily I do have quite a few of his paintings! Peace.