Beginners Watercolour Seascape

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Hi Everyone! Tonight is a very simple watercolour seascape for beginners! It really is a very simple landscape with only a few colours and not too many hard techniques! You don't need to use the same colours or paint the same scene! Hope you enjoy this lovely simple watercolour! There is a bit of wet in wet painting in this but that is the best thing to become comfortable with in watercolour as it paints the painting for you with very little effort!

Happy Painting!

Paper:
Half a Sheet of Rives BFK etching paper 280gsm, white, 100% cotton paper, 38cm x 56cm

Paints:
Mix of Cobalt Blue and Light Red with a small amount of Paynes Grey for the sky
Mix of Cobalt Blue and Light Red then mixed with Winsor Yellow for the Sea
Then the dark mix by adding some Burnt Umber

Brushes:
2 Inch Hake Brush
1 Inch Hake Brush
Fan Brush (hacked up with a pair of scissors)
Some round sables just to add colour to some of the mixes
Series 7 Round Sable Size 0 for signing the painting

Other:
MDF Board
3M Magic Tape to attach the paper to the board
3M Magic Tape for the horizon then used the hair dryer to remove it
Tissues
Hair Dryer

0:00 Beginning
1:35 Painting the Sky
5:07 Painting the Sea
6:04 Using the Spray Bottle

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Brushes

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

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:

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.

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[llxgwkw]

Thanks for the good teaching. It's a pleasure to train with you.

[ZigZagArtStudio]

Love your 'no rules', laid back approach to watercolour 😊 something to aspire to...

[labtrainer]

Stunningly quick and simple, yet you perfectly captured the colors and textures of a cloudy, windy seashore. Watching you work is truly a revelation. Thank you.

[TheGypsygirl]

You paint loose not stiff like other artist I love your style. Looking forward to painting loose & enjoying myself.

[travelfox]

I like the way you use the white board to mix pic was good and simple found u today thank you

[louisscenti]

Amazing Scott. Stylized and evocative with such minimal brush work - the fan brush for the sand in the foreground! And to resist doing more - brilliant!

[LisaLisa-fqth]

Love the movement in the sky & the water. You captured the feeling very well. Thanks for sharing.

[rebekkabirgirsdottir]

Loving this....funny I do the same and cut the paper in half and this is also my favourite size 😄

[eleniphotos]

Always love to watch you better if it's a seascape!

[jadedenthusiasms]

Just gorgeous!! You make it look so easy :)
Thanks for sharing it!! I'd love to see this...but then bring one to this stage and do what you'd thought of doing to change it up a bit...only because I'm curious what you're thinking :)
Thanks again!!!

[cathydale]

A pleasure to watch, as always. Thank you Scott. It never ceases to amaze me how you are able to just eye your straight horizon line with the tape!!! Unless I measure it out, it is ALWAYS crooked. 😊

[markdonovan]

A gorgeous watercolour seascape, I'll have a go at this and see how it turns out.

[claudiehourcau]

Hi Scott. Magnifique👍😘. Vous êtes mon peintre préféré😍💕. Belles couleurs🎨

[karolfrench]

As Always. So inspiring and informative. THANKYOU. What a gift

[suel]

Wow ! I had to watch 4 times. I would glance away for a second and suddenly there’s a beach! Gorgeous

[owens]

It looks like two different paintings, brilliant buddy

[-Chunk]

Just brilliant. I do not know how you do it. I tried it a few times and mine always looks like a childs painting 😂

[malaki]

I love it ❤️ You made me smile again thank you for that 😉

[esmed]

“Chuck that on the horizon” cracked me up. 🤣

[kristinamullen]

I love it.I learned a lot from watching your process.I dislike most of my attempts at a seascape, but I keep trying.I have no technique, it seems.I never thought watercolor could be so difficult to get right!