Ten Stroke Painting!

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This is all about putting watercolour down on the page when it is wet and then allowing it to do its thing! Very simple but harder than it looks! Good luck!
Paper: Arches Cold Pressed, 300gsm watercolour paper
Paints:
Cobalt Blue
Mix of Cobalt Blue and Light Red
Yellow Ochre
Brushes:
1 Inch Holbein Hake
2 Inch Holbein Hake
Synthetic Round Sable Size 12
Other:
MDF Board
3M Magic Tape
Very simple! Enjoy!
My website where you can buy original artwork: www.scottswinson.com
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Tony Smibert’s Books for Sale:
Turners Apprentice: A Watercolour Masterclass: geni.us/TurnersApprentice
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How Turner Painted: geni.us/HowTurnerPainted
My Four Most Popular Videos on KZfaq:
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Paints
Winsor and Newton Artist Quality Tubes:
Cobalt Blue amazon: geni.us/WinsorNewtonCobaltBlue
Yellow Ochre amazon: geni.us/YellowOchreTube
Light Red amazon: geni.us/LightRedTube
Winsor and Newton Cotman Tubes (student quality):
Cobalt Blue amazon: geni.us/cotmancobaltblue
Light Red amazon: geni.us/cotmanlightred
Yellow Ochre amazon: geni.us/cotmanyellowochre
Tape
3M Scotch Magic Tape amazon: geni.us/ScotchMagicTape19mm
3M Scotch Removable Tape amazon: geni.us/ScotchRemovableTape
Brushes
Round Sable - Size 12 round kolinsky sable from amazon: geni.us/SAAKolinskySable
Imitation sable - amazon: geni.us/EscodaRoundSable
Holbein Hake Brushes: geni.us/HolbeinHakeBrushes
Equivalent Hake Brushe 2” amazon: geni.us/WinsorNewtonHake
Nylon Flat Brush amazon: geni.us/NylonFlatBrush
Travel Brush set with covers amazon: geni.us/travelbrushset
Mixing Brushes and other effect brushes amazon: 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: 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: 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:
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 24-105 lens amazon: geni.us/Canon6dMarkII
Iphone 11: geni.us/iphone11pro256gb
Rode Video Mic Pro amazon: geni.us/RodeVidMicPro
I also use: Rode Wireless Go Mic: geni.us/rodewirelessmic
Aputure LED Lights from amazon: geni.us/apurtureH198light
Aputure LED Lights with stand from amazon: geni.us/aputureledlight
Mac Book Pro for editing: www.apple.com/
Friction arms
Manfrotto friction arm short one amazon: geni.us/ManfrottoMicroFriction
Manfrotto magic arm longer one so my camera can be closer to the page from my overhead rig amazon: geni.us/manfrottofrictionarm
Neewer Friction arms cheaper than manfrotto and good for lighter things like lights from amazon: geni.us/neewerfrictionarm
Hard Drive for storage WD 4TB amazon: geni.us/WDHardDrive
Hard Drive for projects Samsung T5 500GB SSD amazon: geni.us/SamsungT5SSD
Manfrotto Tripod and Video Head amazon: geni.us/ManfrottoTripodHybrid
Photo Editing - Affinity Photo: geni.us/AffinityPhoto
I use this for any photo editing that I might need to do such as stitching multiple scanned images of my original artwork together. It is a one off expense ($70 at time of writing this) rather than the monthly fee you have to pay with photoshop.
KZfaq Thumbnails - Canva - free and easy to use! geni.us/CanvaImageEditing
Video Editing - Final Cut Pro X - geni.us/FinalCutProApple

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@Nord66lys 2 жыл бұрын

Please more of these «10 strokes paintings»! I get too bogged down in details (and planning). This technique teaches me to paint spontaneously and to pay more attention to the dynamics of the colors.

@ScottSwinson 2 жыл бұрын

Yes! You could do this over and over on a very small scale and produce some beautiful landscapes! Glad you liked it! The main aim from my point of view was to let the watercolour do its thing wet in wet.

@suel4269 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Girl Scout’s Honor I will try this!

@ScottSwinson 2 жыл бұрын

Good work Sue!! 👍👍👍

@davidschonberger8609 3 ай бұрын

Thanks, Scott. It's a brilliant idea! Challenge accepted. My mind is awash with many possible applications of this idea. On one hand, I can use it to force some deliberation on the strokes to lay down - with extra focus on any or all of composition, values, contrast, color harmony, etc. On the other hand, I can go the opposite direction toward the intuitive, even making the entire painting, including the initial wetting stokes/sprays, with eyes closed, no peeking! I can go monochrome and treat it as a notan-like exercise. Or can go small palette (2-4 colors) and intentionally explore some of the dimensions and boundaries of color push/pull by trying out various color combos.Can also explore other properties such as transparency and granulation. Indeed, I can restrict myself to only colors rated as transparent/semi-transparent, and do the entire painting as glazes, allowing 10 strokes in the first set of glazes, let it dry fully, then allow one final set of 10 glazing strokes. A great way to learn firsthand about how colors play together and possible differences between the same color from different manufacturers. By limiting to 10 strokes, it is harder to overwork and create a muddy, opaque mess. And since I'm a software engineer, my wheels are spinning with ways I can (pseudo-)randomize various decisions such as aspects of color choice and stroke placement. Let an algorithm decide and stick with the choice regardless of how incongruous or counterintuitive it might seem. Many more ideas where that came from! This is going to be fun and freeing. 😁

@LisaLisa-fq4th 2 жыл бұрын

Just wonderful! Very freeing.

@ScottSwinson 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Lisa Lisa!

@caseystorm4999 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome stuff Scott. Thats my evening fun sorted for tonight. Inspiration as always 👍

@socratesthecabdriver 2 жыл бұрын

Scott you know why I'm watching this again 😁 that other water colorist you recommend is a good fella like you 🤣👏👏👏👏👏

@ScottSwinson 2 жыл бұрын

I know! Lovely guy! 👍👍

@User_PC_Loadletter 2 жыл бұрын

Really great exercise, thanks for this

@ScottSwinson 2 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome Zion! 👍🙏

@luannrichardson1436 Жыл бұрын

Scouts honor. My brother was a Boy Scout back in the day. Lol

@karolfrench5816 2 жыл бұрын

Oh. So Brave. Wow ❤️

@ScottSwinson 2 жыл бұрын

You can do it too! 👍👍👍👍

@karolfrench5816 2 жыл бұрын

@@ScottSwinson I did do it. Oh the mess was great fun. Attempting things drives home appreciation for the skill and experience of the artist. I’ll keep trying. Wondeful teacher

@pencilman1 2 жыл бұрын

Love it.

@ScottSwinson 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks pencil man! 🙏

@baarish30 2 жыл бұрын

Am going to try this...thanks😁

@ScottSwinson 2 жыл бұрын

No worries Sandra! Good luck!

@Cynicalgramps 2 жыл бұрын

MORE PLEASE!!!!!

@ScottSwinson 2 жыл бұрын

No worries! Every week! 👍👍

@aliciashackley5830 2 жыл бұрын

This is a brilliant exercise! Thx very much. 🥰

@ScottSwinson 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Alicia! No worries! You are always welcome! 🙏

@solardog81 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. This is great

@ScottSwinson 2 жыл бұрын

No worries. Glad you like it! 👍

@eks46 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant, Scott! You have a new subscriber. I followed along, taking the opportunity to break in my brand new Ron Ranson large hake brush. I tend to be quite tight and controlled in my watercolour painting, so was super excited to see the result of limiting it to 10 strokes. I may even frame it!. I hope you'll do more cool ten stroke painting exercises in future.

@changchesserly7591 2 жыл бұрын

Love this and thank you for sharing! I'm going to give it ago today ... 💕🖌💕

@ScottSwinson 2 жыл бұрын

Hope it went well Chang! 👍👍

@janicecarter6831 2 жыл бұрын

Very cool!

@ScottSwinson 2 жыл бұрын

Hard but cool! Enjoy! Thanks Janice! 👍

@jandrury4733 2 жыл бұрын

Oh wow Scott this is great! I haven’t painted for a few weeks and this has me reaching for my hakes, your videos are always fab but this quick ten stroke exercise is absolutely inspirational. Thank you!😍

@ScottSwinson 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Jan! Yes no prep, no time, just put on and see what happens. You could of course wait for it to dry and then apply your last few strokes dry brush! Could be fun! Glad it got you wanting to paint!

@gillberryman7154 2 жыл бұрын

I just wanted you to know that this exercise has taught me so much about economy of brush strokes, and about judging the ratio of pigment to the amount of water, both in the mix and on the paper! Thank you SO much!

@ScottSwinson 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Gill! I am so glad! I was thinking to myself what I had noticed people having trouble with in my Patreon group and one thing I noticed was people were treating watercolour like oils or acrylics and painting on the page again and again until it was a muddy mess and lacking in white whites and dark darks. That is how I came up with this lesson! Glad you like it!

@darina947 2 жыл бұрын

I love it ❤️

@ScottSwinson 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Darina! 🙏

@louisscenti3813 2 жыл бұрын

So great Scott, I am going to try this now. Anything to stop the overworking madness! I hope that you and yours have not been negatively impacted by the flooding north of you.

@ScottSwinson 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Louis! Thanks! Hope you enjoy the process. And thanks for the thoughts. We are fine in Engadine, it’s pretty high so on the whole pretty good. I feel for those affected! One thing after another in the world at the moment! 🙏

@riffsandpics 2 жыл бұрын

The tension rose after stroke 7 or 8! I really like this concept of choosing one major constraint - it brings out the creativity!

@ScottSwinson 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Riffs and Pics! Yes got a bit tight at the end! And yes I agree takes out man of the choices you often have to make and helps you be bold and observe as well!

@markdonovan1540 2 жыл бұрын

This is a great idea, it will certainly help me in my battle to stop overworking my paintings!

@ScottSwinson 2 жыл бұрын

It’s easy to do in watercolour to overwork a painting! This is a little extreme but a good experiential experiment! 👍👍

@tinaharrison9354 2 жыл бұрын

Great idea Scott loved the outcome I am going to give it a try

@ScottSwinson 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Tina! Good luck! Hope it went well!

@marilynoloughlin9228 2 жыл бұрын

Fabulous as always Scott. xx

@ScottSwinson 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Marilyn! Thanks! 🙏

@t2terri 2 жыл бұрын

So much fun! Thanks fr great warm up tip!

@ScottSwinson 2 жыл бұрын

No worries Terri! 👍🙏

@yunzers 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant! Thanks so much.

@ScottSwinson 2 жыл бұрын

No worries! Short and sweet! 👍👍

@elkemariariesen 2 жыл бұрын

Love your strokes. 🙏🏻

@ScottSwinson 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Elke! You should have a try! 👍

@AMCaroM 2 жыл бұрын

I love it, I’ll try something like that, thanks!

@ScottSwinson 2 жыл бұрын

Have fun Ana! 👍

@michelemackie5126 2 жыл бұрын

Love your work, so inspiring! Can you tell me what you do with all your paintings, do you sell them all?

@ScottSwinson 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Michele, I put the ones I think are good enough up for sale but to be honest I have been really slack doing that over the last 9 months! I sell them on my website and through bluethumb. Any questions feel free to ask. Cheers Scott

@marjorieclinton6780 2 жыл бұрын

I definitely tried this, made it to 10 Strokes only, but I couldn't leave it alone. I saw a image that resembled an animal so I tried the pain it in. That was cheating so I plan on doing it again without cheating.

@ScottSwinson 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Marjorie! Good luck trying again! It is so hard to stop at 10. You don't have to of course it is just an experiment to see what you can do. So many possibilities. cheers Scott

@marjorieclinton6780 2 жыл бұрын

I I attempted it again today and I did it. It was hard but I love the result. I used ultramarine blue and three different greens. I really loved it and decided to sign it and share it with my family, my best fan club. If I can figure out how to send you a picture I will. Thank you so much Scott you are very inspiring.

@socratesthecabdriver 2 жыл бұрын

🙏🌊🔱🌪🌪🌪

@ScottSwinson 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Socrates!

@pyxiecup 2 жыл бұрын

Looks like the Ukrainian flag colors 💙💛🇺🇦🙏

@ScottSwinson 2 жыл бұрын

Yes! I should do a painting for the Ukraine! I support them 100%! 👍 and feel for all the families! Horrible! 🙏

@beyli333 2 жыл бұрын

Кольори українського прапора. Але в України є ще один прапор: червоно-чорний. Його піднімають тільки під час війни - його кольори символи землі і крові!

@ScottSwinson 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! What a determined country! We have no idea living here in Australia! I really hope it can come to an end and the Ukrainian's can return to their country and homes!