Watercolor Beach (Realistic Color and Texture

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Watercolor Beach (Realistic Color and Texture - EASY!)

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If you enjoyed this Watercolor Beach tutorial for beginners, watch this video next for more texture techniques: Watercolor Pencils Tutorial (10 EASY Tricks!) • How to use Watercolor ...
This video will show you how to mix the perfect colour for your beach paintings, giving a realistic effect of tiny shells and pebbles. Follow along step by step as I show you how to do it.
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0:00 Watercolor Beach step by step tutorial
2:19 Mix the perfect beach color
8:02 How to paint overlapping sand and sea
10:25 Apply your first wash13:45 How to splatter with masking fluid
15:45 Apply your second wash
18:27 Splatter with masking fluid again
20:06 How to use Gouache and Watercolor
24:12 How to paint beach pebbles
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@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber 4 жыл бұрын

Let me know if you have more beach painting techniques to share, and if you enjoyed this tutorial, watch this video next for more texture techniques: Watercolor Pencils Tutorial (10 EASY Tricks!) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bd-idMtnps-6e5s.html

@wgibbings 9 ай бұрын

This is unbelievably helpful. Great teaching

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber 9 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@debsnow2806 4 жыл бұрын

This was very helpful. I’d like to see also the actual overwash of sea along this beach.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber 4 жыл бұрын

I will do that in another video Deb, thanks for watching and glad it was helpful!

@ChristinaTodd1970 4 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial. I struggle with the sand/sea overlap so this is very helpful. Thanks Michelle.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Christina!

@nathantownsend7586 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for making this!

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber 2 ай бұрын

No problem!

@deeanncross7674 4 жыл бұрын

Very helpful. You're fast becoming my favorite! You teach and don't waste time. Thanks so much.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber 4 жыл бұрын

Happy to hear that!

@jennifermayer5092 4 жыл бұрын

I agree with you completely, DeeAnn! Michele has such a nice combination of getting to the point while still making me feel like we're sharing a cup of tea or something!

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber 4 жыл бұрын

@@jennifermayer5092 happy to share tea with both of you lovely ladies 😘

@BigAndyG 5 ай бұрын

Really useful tutorial.. especially The masking fluid trick thank you... And you look gorgeous as well.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber 5 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@damecupcake 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! What a fun way to get the texture! Yes, please on the waves and water demo you mentioned early on in this video. Thanks for making this fun, Michele!

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber 4 жыл бұрын

You are very welcome! Request noted :-)

@pamelaknott6707 5 ай бұрын

Very interesting and informative. Thank you.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber 5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@patthomas9041 2 жыл бұрын

So fun! Thanks

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@isabeltipple9942 4 жыл бұрын

Like Deb Snow, i too would like to see the overwash of sea onto a beach like this. It was a great tutorial Michelle. I live on the coast so i wil give it a go.. 👍x

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber 4 жыл бұрын

Great suggestion! I will add it to the list, thank you!

@hazeljoynson839 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks. This was great. I’m feeling more confident and willing to give it a go with every tutorial of yours.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber 4 жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

@Waif4us Жыл бұрын

I have been using this detergent fir almost 2 years and I love it. I find it works best if I put the sheet into a jar is warm water and shake it until desolved and it prevents a white coating on my dark clothes.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

@davescupper5789 2 жыл бұрын

You make it look so easy, I must say I've definitely improved since I've been watching your videos 🙂 You're so delightful too, thankyou sooo much 🥰

@annettefournier9655 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Michele. Dry brushing is also a good way to get texture on a sandy non pebble type beach. I don't use masking fluid very often. No wonder it lasts forever.😉💜 I'm in such a rush just to put paint to paper that I don't think of it. Hopefully the kids will get back to school in a month and I'll not be so rushed.thanks again.😁👍💜

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber 4 жыл бұрын

Great tip! People use too much of the stuff anyhow I find, it does go off mind you and then it gets really smelly!

@annettefournier9655 4 жыл бұрын

@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber Thanks for the heads up . I've seen the white mask fluid turn yellow but didn't know it actually goes bad. I think it smells funny to begin with. Lol. Also be careful if you have a bad latex allergy. My daughter goes into anaphylaxis with scant exposure.

@jakea1035 4 жыл бұрын

Very helpful. Thank you so much.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber 4 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!

@colleenmcchesney1482 2 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed watching this video with the many different textures & techniques for producing a gorgeous sandy pebbly beach. Thanks for sharing this with us.

@sherryfurr9115 Жыл бұрын

Michele this is absolutely the best looking beach I have seen in all my you to be lessons!

@farhadhossainakash 4 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed watching this fantastic watercolor painting.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@anettedouglasdotter 4 жыл бұрын

Superb video and technique - thank you so much, Michelle! ⚘

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber 4 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful Anette!

@anettedouglasdotter 4 жыл бұрын

@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber ⚘❤🖌

@raybeaumont7670 4 жыл бұрын

Another interesting and instructive tutorial Michele. Fantastic textures.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

@Nasauniverse001 11 ай бұрын

Glad to help your channel.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber 11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@cydtaylor Жыл бұрын

Great video

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@gingerkelly5146 4 жыл бұрын

This is very helpful! Learn so much from you! Thank you so much!! 💐

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber 4 жыл бұрын

You are very welcome!

@suzeaa 3 жыл бұрын

Nice!

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@FeathPymArt 4 жыл бұрын

Love this, love the texture.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏

@HemuArtWorld 4 жыл бұрын

tutorial is awesome and great upload, very useful

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

@kerbear829 Жыл бұрын

The remark you make about you arent messy, I can relate to. Then immediately when I opened my masking jar it splattered and got on my black shorts. It looks like it bleached them. Darn.:)

@user-jj8kg5ef2t 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Michele, i enjoy your lessons very much, as always.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber 3 жыл бұрын

Most welcome!

@annapurcell5609 2 жыл бұрын

I am new to painting, just used your technique and the results were amazing! Thank you so much for sharing your knowlege.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber 2 жыл бұрын

That's so rewarding to hear, thanks for watching!

@bonniegarson80 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent instructions ❣️

@agbobier2657 Жыл бұрын

A video of waves would be awesome!

@valeriehowell3157 3 жыл бұрын

Hello from Oregon! We call it The Coast in the Pacific NW and the further south you go it’s called beach. It may be the same on the east coast, but regardless it’s a great place to hang.🦜

@MB-kf3yx 4 жыл бұрын

Michele, thank you so much for the tutorial on watercolor beaches and peebles. Will be so useful as I try to paint a more interesting and realistic beach scene. Would love to see you do tutorials on how to paint ocean waves and rock formations. Be safe.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Marilyn, I will try to do some of those subjects soon!

@LoriFahy 4 жыл бұрын

I am an oil painter, but watercolor beaches are awkward. Lots of helpful hints here, so thank you x

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber 4 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome 😊

@nathalieheath5693 4 жыл бұрын

Love it! Thanks so much Michelle 👍🏽

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber 4 жыл бұрын

Any time Nathalie!

@appleknocker56 10 ай бұрын

Amazing how you get that textured look! If don’t have white water color paint can white gouache be used & finally colors can try that don’t have that unrealistic yellow colors. Ty.

@carolynnixon7095 4 жыл бұрын

Love your teaching style and also the timestamps. Thank you!

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber 4 жыл бұрын

No problem Carolyn ☺️

@galedar1537 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber 4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@OneTrueWord1988 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Michele! Thank you so much for this video; it came at the perfect time. I am painting a beach scene on a card for a friend, and I am on my third try! (I've started three different cards.) I have the color for the sand right, but each try looks so flat and blah. I am definitely going to try these great techniques! And yes! More beach instruction please. Particularly where the water washes over the sand. And the waves. And how to get color variation (I'm going for that tropical turquoises water look,) a look of distance to the further away water and waves, and really just the whole scene! 😄 Yes, I need it all. So there are your lesson plans for weeks ahead! 😂👍 Whatever you can do to help is much appreciated. 💕💐💕

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant, I have a very long list but keeps me out of mischief! x

@OneTrueWord1988 3 жыл бұрын

@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber 😊♥️👏😻👍

@OneTrueWord1988 3 жыл бұрын

@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber Watching this again, 7 months later, because the quarantine has completely removed my memory retention abilities! And the card is still not done! Oh well, luckily he has a birthday every year! 😄

@jennifermayer5092 4 жыл бұрын

Great, useful techniques! It is funny to me seeing you pick your beach color, as most of the beaches I am personally used to seeing are almost a perfect match to Daniel Smith's buff titanium. (And just a cool grayish brown when they are wet.) I may as well enjoy traveling vicariously this summer, so thanks for a trip to your beach! :)

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber 4 жыл бұрын

Buff titanium is a great colour for more tropical sands, we don't get anything quite that lovely in England most of the time, although I have seen a few of those pale beaches in Cornwall and Wales :-)

@CC-ho5lw 3 жыл бұрын

Another excellent tutorial. Did you happen to make one regarding painting oceans with foamy waves cresting and breaking on a shoreline? I’d love that!

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber 3 жыл бұрын

Not yet! But it's on my list :-)

@gillianliackman7757 4 жыл бұрын

Great techniques, thank you. Colours very different where we live in Australia, sand is quite different too although further north it changes again, so still very helpful. All a big learning curve for me. Left my email but wasn't able to download your pdfs.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber 4 жыл бұрын

You are welcome! After leaving the email you should receive an email with the download link. If it doesn't work email me via my website with your email address or message me via facebook and I will send you the PDF directly :-)

@bonnieshackelford3730 2 жыл бұрын

Kept waiting for you to paint the water, too.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber 2 жыл бұрын

There's a recent water painting video Bonnie if you take a look :-)

@bonniegarson80 2 жыл бұрын

I would like to see ocean coming on to beach

@rekhanarainasamy9077 Жыл бұрын

Great tutorial! Can we use white Acrylic for sand instead of masking fluid?

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber Жыл бұрын

Yes, I'd advise mixing a little watercolor into it :)

@townheadbluesboy Жыл бұрын

Great enjoyed this - have you got a sea video?

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber Жыл бұрын

I have a sea sunset tutorial, try the step by step playlist :-)

@marlenevincent6019 2 жыл бұрын

Here in Australia, our beaches are more white to very pale yellow.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber 2 жыл бұрын

Daniel Smith Titanium Buff is a great colour for that sort of beach, or you can use a little white gouache with the mixes I have given you.

@marilynkadzielski9670 4 жыл бұрын

Wish camera angle was different Di page looked flat instead of tilted. I feel like I need to hang on or I’ll fall off bottom of page. It makes me nauseous. Love your teaching style!!!!

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber 4 жыл бұрын

Sorry! It's really hard to film flat and if I do it's hard not to lean across the paper and block the camera :-)

@nathalieheath5693 4 жыл бұрын

I agree! The angle is nauseating, but the content is great though

@galedar1537 4 жыл бұрын

Terriffic tutorial as usual! Thanks!

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber 4 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

@chrishill9153 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, Chris here, new convert to your channel. I really like the way you teach and for me, you're the best around!! Could you please expand just two things. Splatter technique and painting greenery on sky ( mask or paint around?); these are two areas I'm still having problems with.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Chris, I do show splatter technique in some other videos. There are a couple that show how to paint greenery on a sky. I did one recently called how to plan a watercolor painting (the one that's a woodland walk tutorial) and another on how to paint distant trees. The trick is to take the sky all the way to the horizon (but fairly light) and paint on top with the greens when dry.

@chrishill9153 3 жыл бұрын

@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber Thank you!!

@daphnebloomfield380 2 жыл бұрын

@@chrishill9153 k

@rodconlon5809 4 жыл бұрын

Really helpful but we don't have pebbles on the beach here in Adelaide (South Australia)

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, some of the beaches where I live don't have sand :-) I need a holiday...

@OneTrueWord1988 4 жыл бұрын

In the Studio with Michele Webber: Lol!! I've been to beaches like that! The ones where it hurts to walk on them, even in shoes! 😄

@OneTrueWord1988 4 жыл бұрын

In the Studio with Michele Webber: Come to Michigan; we have gorgeous beaches! We say - No salt, no sharks, no worries!! (Just make sure you come in the summer; last part of June, July, and first part of August. 😄)

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber 4 жыл бұрын

@@OneTrueWord1988 one day 😄

@OneTrueWord1988 4 жыл бұрын

In the Studio with Michele Webber: You are always welcome! You would love it! 💕👍💕

@MelanCholy2001 3 жыл бұрын

I'm *still* polishing off my foreground beach. I feel I should give you some credit (I'm working up a database now. I'm sorta a computer wonk, so you're actually already there). Can I ask you (most painters around me are oil or acrylic only, and I can't do FB or I might try that): my paintings tend to take WEEKS because I don't use heat tools, or I look for techniques to get a desired effect. Is that abnormal in wc? I have about 5 finished and they're hanging, but more in various states of "working on", and a sketchbook of ideas. I can't believe how great this beach is coming along: I was at a full stop until this video (so I have to credit you in some way). I see acrylic painters (local) who polish off paintings in no time _(often of copyrighted subjects like, real actors in costume from a Hollywood franchise)_ and I fear maybe I'm too slow. I do a lot of research to see how animals move, bone structure... probably overdoing it. My pro artist sister is pushing me to finish up, sell, and hurry along with building a 'portfolio'. Is there a "normal" time to get paintings finished? (9x12" or so, not the huge canvases measured in feet or anything). I love how my beach is coming along, but it's a sunset beach that looks purple and isn't, and I'm being careful. It's been a rough go (labor of love ❤️️) and I might make it a print instead of selling the original. I'm quite fond of the original. Thank you for any guidance on time to finish artworks. (Again: NO watercolourists near my area unless they're hobbyists who aren't selling, or I'd consult them.)

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber 3 жыл бұрын

There is absolutely no 'right' amount of time to take to complete your work. I frequently take upwards of 20 hours or as much as 40 hours. Take as long as you need. Professionals take longer, we take more breaks, we look more and we try out colours, we stop, we think. Of course some artists may take a lot less time, but I think they may well be working to a formula and not pushing boundaries. It doesn't matter how long you take, if you are worried about earning potential, then one good painting can become prints, calendars, anything. I am actually planning a video on this subject soon, after an interesting discussion on a facebook group. Glad it helped!

@MelanCholy2001 3 жыл бұрын

@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber Thanks. I have several "brewing" paintings and I'm careful to remove masking fluids within 24 hours if I'm needing a new skill to continue. I'm slow, but it's better I think to let a work sit (protected) and know the right pigments or techniques, than to err and end up scrubbing and using wc ground. I use that stuff at times, but I'm learning how to _avoid_ using it. I think letting the paper be seen seems important. If I'm "lovingly bullied" again, I have this response. Thank you so much. When my covid-unemployment affairs are in order, you should be the first I try to enroll with! Btw, I went to "your website" with 2 Ls... and screamed 😅 I thought, that's not Michele! It almost had me fooled until that (surely nice) lady popped up, and I saw 'psychotherapistc -WHEW! I'd run back to YT to get your correct website. Truly I needed a stiff drink 🤣 though I don't drink often. Please visit your site name with 2 L's in Michele! Try to be sitting down. It *does* look like an artist site at first. She has a different dressing style than you... 😨😅

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber 3 жыл бұрын

@@MelanCholy2001 Really! Oh wow, I think I am too scared l :-) There's a lady with my exact name teaches dance in the north of England she always comes up on google. No one should ever take psychotherapy advice from me ha ha

@liamwatson5125 4 жыл бұрын

Sand can be many different colours. It all depends on the chemical composition of sand. It could be yellow, gray, or even red.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber 4 жыл бұрын

Very true!

@kaydee88 7 ай бұрын

MICHELE, DIDN'T YOU HAVE A VIDEO ON HOW TO ADD SPARKLE TO BEACH SAND? I CAN'T SEEM TO FIND IT.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber 7 ай бұрын

I can't recall such a thing but you can try the step by step playlist for sparkle on water or the tips and techniques. If you want actual reflective sparkle then powder eyeshadow is a thing, as is iridescent medium for watercolours.

@davec.6013 Жыл бұрын

Loved this! Now going to incorporate with your sunset video. Q: At what stage in this beach process would you be adding the ocean water? Do you complete this first?

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber Жыл бұрын

I would generally do the water first, and fade it out, then fade out the beach over the top so you get an overlap at the waterline.

@brentwilson2467 9 ай бұрын

I wonder if you mean Haphazard rather than Random, Michele.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber 9 ай бұрын

Who can say, it's an old video :-)

@LoriF25403 4 жыл бұрын

I always try to add seashells, but they look horrible and I end up turning them into rocks

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber 4 жыл бұрын

Seashells tutorial is one of the biggest requests on this channel so I should have one coming up soon :-)

@isabeltipple9942 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Michele, i wondered if you had considered offering some of your more ‘ in depth’ tutorials on a pay per view basis? I’d be prepared to engage with this and would expect of course that this would be more expensive than the packages that you offer. The reason being that i signed up with Anna Mason school for 6 months but i just couldn’t get on with it for some reason, even though i admired the style etc. I think the tutorials were just too long at times and i did lose interest. I did about a couple of them i think. Sometimes though i do want more painstaking instruction. So, if you think you might have time to offer a one off workshop tutorial on that basis, keep me on the e mail list thanks. 👍

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Isabel, I currently have tutorials on Thinkific, some mixed media ones. I will be adding some more, and am planning some watercolor techniques courses, as well as more individual projects. If you just want more in-depth videos then Patreon may suit, you can get extra videos for $15 a month and I take a much slower more relaxed approach, you get to see almost every stage when I am working on my own projects. There are links to Thinkific and also to Patreon in the video description if you click you can see the options. :-)

@LoriTriesLife Жыл бұрын

I didn't catch what type of paper. It looks hot press

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber Жыл бұрын

Unlikely to be hot press. I often use cheaper practice papers on KZfaq, some of them are slightly less textured, but generally they are still a cold pressed surface.

@shannonericksen1291 4 жыл бұрын

My husband and I visited Antigua/ Barbuda last year, with it's 360 plus beaches, pink sand beautiful cliffs and Negril, Jamaica. We just returned from Negril, our second trip. Point is: I have a ton of inspirational photos. I have tried to paint these and they always turn out looking cartoons, overworked? Frustrating!

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber 4 жыл бұрын

Oh, that sounds wonderful! I can't tell where your problems lie, pop over to my facebook group and post some pictures, we have lots of talented artists, I will probably see your post myself but if I don't someone will help you :-)