Plein Air Watercolor Study Session ✶ The journey to improve values & color

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Today I'm taking you outside for a plein air study session. I'll share my current process for how I improve my understanding of values and colors in the landscape, particularly with mixing green. The landscape in Scotland during May is an ocean of vivid color, which can be beautiful but overwhelming. I go outside to study as often as I can, because I've learned that photos don't tell the whole truth. I encourage you to give it a try, no matter where you live or what time of year it is!
Tutorial for studying values & greens: bit.ly/3WMzTR7
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00:00 Inspiring landscapes & studying
01:23 Why plein air
02:37 Tools
06:50 Plein air study
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@thefrostedblueberryart 2 ай бұрын

You know what comes across so strongly from your videos Sarah? Art is a tool that you use to understand the world around you. And you see it so very beautifully.

@SarahBurnsStudio 2 ай бұрын

Hmm interesting way of putting it!

@francinebrown1944 2 ай бұрын

You really clarified the "values" for me in this study. I plan to use this in my next painting. Thanks Sarah.

@alijeffries2503 2 ай бұрын

Same for me. This was so helpful.

@LovinLnCottage 2 ай бұрын

Wow! A jackpot Saturday with TWO videos posted! Greens are so challenging. Here in FLORIDA everything is turning into a jungle because we have had 3” of rain this past week. I have been studying all the different colors or green mostly because my former pastures have become forests and I am surrounded by the abundance of fast growing plants and trees. The tiny new grape leaves have magenta edges and bright almost chartreuse along the veins of the leaves. Avocados, Mayer lemon, live oak, wild cherry, Canadian thistle all different greens and values. Overwhelmed! Thank you for your lovely process video. ❤️☮️🙏🏻

@shannondawn44 2 ай бұрын

I can't find the second one :(

@SarahBurnsStudio 2 ай бұрын

Sounds so LUSH!

@SarahBurnsStudio 2 ай бұрын

It’s on my other channel @sarahinscotland

@shannondawn44 2 ай бұрын

@@SarahBurnsStudio Thank you . Found it . I'm subscribed to that one too , and have the bell "rang" , but didn't get a notification . Thanks folks :)

@DanitaReynolds 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing how you approach this scene with watercolor. I mainly work with watercolor so this was a real treat to see you work with this medium again. I don't work with gouache and it's not the reason that I follow your channel (you are excellent with that medium and I recommend your channel to my friends who are interested in gouache). I follow your channel because I very much enjoy watching you be creative no matter what medium you use. I'm a nature girl and it's a big attraction for me with your channel. You inspire me to get outside and do art every time I watch your videos. So thank you for that!

@spookyfirst9514 2 ай бұрын

I love your plein air videos. My allergies are so evil this year I have to make do with source images.

@SarahBurnsStudio 2 ай бұрын

Totally understand! This time of year is tough for allergies

@stargazerlulu 2 ай бұрын

I was just in the Highlands, for the first time: I'm in love! Gorse and bluebells everywhere. And baby lambs! Love your videos

@beckymeldrum7022 2 ай бұрын

I am learning so much from you, THANK YOU! You are amazing!

@annejansen428 2 ай бұрын

Sarah, this was so helpful, thank you. I especially appreciated seeing you mix the colors, watercolor is so responsive!

@sujanithtottempudi2991 2 ай бұрын

Sarah, your interest in ART is not just passion.......its UNCONDITIONAL for you....which makes me feel the same.

@user-nx3bs5pu1n 2 ай бұрын

Thank you again Sarah for all your Very inspiring videos. Well Done!

@wendychampness1901 2 ай бұрын

Love the phthalo turquoise + burnt umber. Last year I developed an allergy to “convenience” greens!

@PeachesandMoss 2 ай бұрын

Yay a watercolor video. Doing forest paintings is the hardest for me because it’s so easy for all the green to muddle together. Your tips will help me a lot.

@margaretsmith51 2 ай бұрын

Thank you Sarah for a great instructional video, learning so much.

@ann-marielofberg1159 2 ай бұрын

This is sooooo helpful, translating the valuestudy to a first sketch with color and now I understand a bit better how to think. Thank You!!!!!

@paulalovesart4545 Ай бұрын

Hello. I am a new subscriber to your channel. I enjoyed this video and your explanations very much and love the views of Scotland there too! I enjoy learning more about value and color, and definitely did learn in this video from your point of view. Thank you so much. I am newer to watercolor and painting in general over these last couple of years. So I am really enjoying finding new artists to follow. Paula

@sumbae7668 2 ай бұрын

Your advice is always so helpful, thank you❤ and I love your paintings!

@ameliaameliaworks3678 Ай бұрын

I just love this video! - all the detail and the way the live views mingled with your reference grabs - even looking thru your picfinder ...viewfinder tool. (I need to look that particular one up.)

@izabelacichanska5781 2 ай бұрын

That was a great tutorial 😊

@JoAnneSmith-di8ok 2 ай бұрын

Thank you! What an interesting tutorial. I enjoyed looking at your process. It doesn't feel So overwhelming to me now.

@taketimetoseait396 2 ай бұрын

You might enjoy this week's video of Colorful Collage

@zenlife1200 2 ай бұрын

Your green field today could have been somewhere in New Zealand. Especially the aerial view at the end it could have been shot here in the Waikato where I live. Any buildings would show it wasn't though. Our stone buildings are very few and far between. We've still got a bit of autumn color here right now. My favorite season

@SarahBurnsStudio 2 ай бұрын

Sounds amazing!

@FaithAnnNB 2 ай бұрын

I found I’ve gotten a lot more confident with my green mixing since doing months 2 & 3 gouache lessons from your Craftamo subscription. Now that things are starting to turn green here, I think it’s really going to help me stop relying on my convenience greens so much 😅. I need more practice pushing things “back” into the distance by choosing the right values/colours; it always looks so effortless when you do it. I can do it when I’m following a lesson and hearing suggestions, but doing it on my own is trickier.

@SarahBurnsStudio 2 ай бұрын

That takes a lot of practice - putting what you know to use when you are on your own. So many artists go through it!

@susanweller2121 2 ай бұрын

Yay watercolor!!!

@melondoo6129 2 ай бұрын

Your videos are always amazing! I really love these types of videos, where you show us a slice of the life in Scotland! Thank you!

@ChantelleArts 2 ай бұрын

I love the way you explain your thoughts and process in a way that really makes sense 🥰

@conorstevenson6856 2 ай бұрын

Thanks this was interesting and helpful. I need to get outside to paint!

@shefru60 2 ай бұрын

Excellent refresher for Springtime!

@s.courtneywalton1737 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for such a valuable lesson in watercolor. I have been pouting a bit, grumbling every time I see gouache - I met you through your watercolors and I really miss them! The value to color connection has been an area of study for me for some time. Your video really made a difference in my comprehension. Off to watch it again!

@phyllissmith1105 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the great video.

@shannon6183 2 ай бұрын

Thanks Sarah for this video. Aha moment for me and so lovely to watch you paint. 😊

@mklarson2980 2 ай бұрын

This instruction is so valuable! I'm really working on exactly this, simplifying, connecting the big shapes and doing value studies. Then toning colors to approximate the values has been a huge challenge for me, but somehow I have never used a grayscale value finder tool. Now I get it! As you say, I think THIS is what I have been needing to help train my eye. Thank you so much!

@shawnas464 2 ай бұрын

So helpful…thank you Sarah

@user-or1jx1fy2x 2 ай бұрын

Thank you. Lovely scenery and excellent demo teaching values ❤

@maddietighe5881 2 ай бұрын

Wow. Thanks.

@naturelover1284 2 ай бұрын

we used to use an old slide frame for a viewer or make a cardboard one, or a piece of plastic and graph it

@carrollwilson5169 2 ай бұрын

Lovely scenery 😍. Great video as always.. love your green mixes

@PoliticalPars 2 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@hArtyTruffle 2 ай бұрын

🐇Hare we go… a little piece of heaven ✨🙏✨

@andreatorraca8755 2 ай бұрын

Beautiful

@SylviaCostello-lu1bu 2 ай бұрын

Sarah hi newbie here wow the the scenery looks so much like it does here in south Ireland rural and beautiful and emerald greens and purple and white heathers and also the blossom of the mayflower trees blackthorn. My favourite time of year is now. Question do you make or mix your colours and add them premixed for your palette loving your channel. I havent left a comment before but gone through your older videos and thumbs up high tfs sylvi

@polgara28 2 ай бұрын

She pre-mixes her yellow, but I think the rest are convenience mixes and some are single pigment. Her blog/website has a page titled " My favorite art supplies" that lists the colors in this palette. Some of them are really unusual, but perfect for landscape painting. Hope this helps. Happy painting! 🌻

@SylviaCostello-lu1bu Ай бұрын

Thank you s😂o much

@lilaskye2375 2 ай бұрын

LOVED this demo video!!! Q: what are the crops in the farms in your opening and closing shots?

@sujanithtottempudi2991 2 ай бұрын

One hue...which has max variations is GREEN..proof for that is soft pastels greens..tons of greens

@buddhabro.9130 2 ай бұрын

Hi Sarah, I've been spending a lot of time drawing, but on my first attempt in watercolor, I quickly realized how little I understood color. Are there any books or educational sources that you could recommend to help with color theory, mixing, and using color? I'd be ever do grateful 😊

@barbdesigns 2 ай бұрын

You are brave to paint in the car like that with the water and everything :) I would probably spill the water, get paint on the car seats and myself and break a camera...not even sure what would happen to the sketch 🙃But well done! Lovely session! 💚💛💙

@SarahBurnsStudio 2 ай бұрын

Oh trust me I have spilled and made a mess before! I never hear the end of it 😂 But luckily I use water-based paint and easy to clean up. I would rather paint outside but when filming the video it was too gusty for the mic

@barbdesigns 2 ай бұрын

@@SarahBurnsStudio Still admirable effort with filming too 👍

@emotionalsupportpaintbrush 2 ай бұрын

Hi Sarah! Would u be willing to share what you use to edit photos? And where you learned? Did u use Skillshare?

@SarahBurnsStudio 2 ай бұрын

I used to be a wedding photographer and have been doing photography for 20 years. So it’s second nature. I learned by doing it. Never took a class!

@ralphherrick596 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing.... what watercolors are you using?

@polgara28 2 ай бұрын

Her blog/website has a page titled " My favorite art supplies" that lists the colors in this palette. Some of them are really unusual, but perfect for landscape painting. Hope this helps. Happy painting!

@ralphherrick596 2 ай бұрын

@@polgara28 not really because there is more on the list than what's in her pallet 😕

@SarahBurnsStudio 2 ай бұрын

They are listed on the supply page, you have to scroll to the travel watercolor palette

@ralphherrick596 2 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊