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Jem Bowden Watercolour
United Kingdom
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 29 ม.ค. 2015
Studio watercolour practise; a backlit landscape
A forty minute half-imperial demo painting in real time, after a seven minute explanation of the (fairly loose) plan, and simple drawing out of the composition.
*** COMPETITION - WIN THIS WATERCOLOUR; please see my November 2022 blog for info ***
During the painting I give a live commentary, rather than an overdubbed one.
I explain a little bit about my thinking and purpose in doing this kind of painting. Compared to plein air painting I usually find working indoors a bit purposeless and less inspired. That’s because my painting is inspired by the experience of being in the landscape, rather than a desire to ‘make pictures’, per se. I don’t do ‘sketches’ in either situation, since I tend to regard my actual paintings as sketches as well as the end point.
I hope the video is watchable and useful for aspiring watercolourists, showing one way of working in the studio. That is, finding some references that enthuse you, then introducing some creativity by putting them together and going on a journey with no worry or expectation about the result.
Cheers,
Jem (Materials used are listed below, and mentioned in the video)
www.jembowdenwatercolour.co.uk
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Materials used
3 Colours:
Raw Umber, Indian Red (brand, Windsor & Newton) and Thalo Blue; Red Shade (brand: Ken Bromley)
Paper: Bockingford 200lb Not/Cold-pressed, half-imperial sheet.
Brushes: Large squirrel hair mop and a self-modified medium size chinese brush (‘The Black Sheep’ - info available on my website: www.jembowdenwatercolour.co.uk NB: I no longer sell this, except in person.)
*** COMPETITION - WIN THIS WATERCOLOUR; please see my November 2022 blog for info ***
During the painting I give a live commentary, rather than an overdubbed one.
I explain a little bit about my thinking and purpose in doing this kind of painting. Compared to plein air painting I usually find working indoors a bit purposeless and less inspired. That’s because my painting is inspired by the experience of being in the landscape, rather than a desire to ‘make pictures’, per se. I don’t do ‘sketches’ in either situation, since I tend to regard my actual paintings as sketches as well as the end point.
I hope the video is watchable and useful for aspiring watercolourists, showing one way of working in the studio. That is, finding some references that enthuse you, then introducing some creativity by putting them together and going on a journey with no worry or expectation about the result.
Cheers,
Jem (Materials used are listed below, and mentioned in the video)
www.jembowdenwatercolour.co.uk
jem.bowden
Materials used
3 Colours:
Raw Umber, Indian Red (brand, Windsor & Newton) and Thalo Blue; Red Shade (brand: Ken Bromley)
Paper: Bockingford 200lb Not/Cold-pressed, half-imperial sheet.
Brushes: Large squirrel hair mop and a self-modified medium size chinese brush (‘The Black Sheep’ - info available on my website: www.jembowdenwatercolour.co.uk NB: I no longer sell this, except in person.)
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I have watched this video so many times over the years and still feel so inspired by it. We don’t paint the same but there are so many techniques of yours that I have incorporated into my work. I have a marsh near my house in Los Angeles that during the summer dries out quite a bit and the colors become golden and lovely. Thank you for sharing your wonderful work and know that you have a loyal follower!
Thank you for your comment. 🙏 It is nice to connect well with people and for you to let me know. The only thing I would say is, they are not 'my' techniques, of course. They are just out there, used by many people, and as much yours as anyone's.
hello? Your landscape paintings are very attractive. I am very happy to have come across this video. I'm looking forward to the next video.
Thanks. You may easily find other videos by me on my channel here, if you haven't already.
You have more access to the countryside than here in Oz everything here is fenced of private land no access allowed it means sitting on verges which can be risky 💕👍🌺
Most of the UK is also private land, and a lot of it in very few hands. .... And I personally do paint on road verges sometimes, which isn't ideal, but plein air never is. I do make use of public rights of way across farmland, which are also falling (or rather, being taken) out of use. I do a lot of walking with my painting gear.
Absolutely beautiful.
Thank you!
I love it ! so brilliantly executed , I had to go around again I forgot to notice what materials you were using. I'd like to know were you purchase that great paint palette , its what I'm looking for
Thanks. The palette unfortunately can't be purchased. It's one I had made up via 3D printing, to my own design.
Спасибо большое- красивый пейзаж.
Thank you
Just found your channel. Love your style. Would love to see more, thank you!
Gorgeous painting, Jem!
Thanks, Bobby.
An excellent video Jem.
Thanks; glad you liked it.
Such a lovely experience watching you paint, Jem. I’m going to have a go doing trees now. X
That's great, Harjinder. Very glad you enjoyed it.🙂 Thanks.
I am amazed at what you have made out of what looks like to me like a dead scene. Watching you paint is aways to inspiring and I'm going to get down to trying to paint the same idea. I like the way you have chosen to change things, particularly the muddy field. Fantiastic what one ccan do with three colours, but I know I can't produce a tree anything like as good. Your brush strokes leave me confounded!
Thanks Olga. So has the video helped you see why the scene has the potential not to be a dead-looking one? We have to look out for this, always. The bare necessities are there, with a bit of tweaking. Brush work is about practise, of course 🙂
@@JemBowdenWatercolour Yes, indeed. But I have now tried it out and my field was so rubbish! I shall have to have another go! You make it look so easy.
@@olgahammock9985 Nothing works first time, unless it's a fluke.
@@JemBowdenWatercolour interesting!
Thank you for sharing your vision and skill in conveying the emotion of the scene with us. The painting is so very beautiful and evocative. 🙏❤️ from 🇺🇸
Very pleased that you enjoyed the video and I really appreciate your kind comment. 🙏
Hi Jem, around 11 mins in is that your famous pthalo blue red shade, Indian Red and Burnt Umber mix? You use it on the distant line of hills.
Hi David. Yep, the whole painting is just the regular three colours (I'm pretty sure), though it's RAW umber rather than Burnt.
Always such a pleasure to see you paint Jem and hear you explain everything and I'm sorely tempted to take up your most recent challenge!
That's very kind of, John. Please don't hold back, I'd love to see your version. I reckon you could improve on mine.
Jem, that was really helful. I did your LAC course some years ago. I was struck by your looseness, the cool/warm colour approach and use of soft and hard edges. I intend to have a go. Lots of thanks for sharing this.
Hi Charles, and thank you for you comment. I do remember your name, but the course is a while ago now..🙂. Very glad that you enjoyed the video. Do please email me your go at the painting! Cheers.
Enlightening and inspiring as usual Jem. These videos must take a lot of time and effort. Many thanks.
Thank you, Sir Galahad! I appreciate that. Very glad you liked the video. (Did you click 'like'?! Helpful to me. Cheers.)
I certainly did!
@@SirGalahad1 Thanks
Hi Jem, you were my tutor a couple of years ago on LAC, landscape course. So lovely to see you and your work. Beautifully your very own and distinctive style, I love it.
Hi Raffaella! I hope you're still enjoying your painting. Thank you for your kind comment 🙂.
@@JemBowdenWatercoloursorry I made a mistake it was the watercolour diploma, and yes, still loving it! take care and thanks for the artwork x
This looks like a field near my house! Beautiful work!
Maybe the same field? Timsbury. Thanks, Tom
The field I'm thinking of is in Swansea, IL, USA. But they're very similar.
Great demo, Jem. Really helpful approach to the tree foliage, thinking through hard / soft edges. Thanks for sharing this one!
Thanks very much, Matt. Very glad you found it useful
Really enjoyed this video. Thanks for doing this. I learned a lot from you again. Glad to see your new studio in Scotland. I hope I can join your course of plein air painting up there.
Thank you, Y! I'm very glad you enjoyed it. It would be nice to see you again, too!
Great to see this. A lovely surprise and a grate demo. All the best.
Cheers, Joe. Hope all's well where you are.
Oh wow, thank you for the explanation of taking many items, like trees, the furrows, the clouds, and hills from many different references to include in one composition, one painting. Don’t know how I received this notification, but I’m glad I did. Thank you.
Thanks, and glad you enjoyed it. (not down to me, the notification thing; I've never even asked anyone ever to 'like and subscribe' to my videos/channel! 🙂).
It’s been to long. More please 😂
Cheers, Brian .
Lovely, Jem..thoroughly enjoyed this demo. That lovely lucent hill, was that a mix of your pthalo blue and Indian red?
Thanks, David. Glad you enjoyed it. Yes, re. the colours. It's all done with those two, plus Raw Umber.
Thanks, Jem. Revisiting some of your earlier demos - lovely - make me homesick!
@@DavidMiltonJones I hope you're doing okay out there.
@@JemBowdenWatercolour yep surviving
Nice to see you back after quite a long absence! Great painting, I am going to have a crack at that one myself.
Thanks, David. Do have a go. I would be interested to see it.
@@JemBowdenWatercolour I have a collection of my version of Jem Bowden paintings now. Some more successful than others!
@@MrDs131 I know the feeling!
This is wonderful. I loved following the process from start to finish. Your style is amazing 😊
Thanks very much! Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
You've just inspired me to be more confident. Thanks Jem.
That's a really nice comment to receive, Paul. Thanks, and GO FOR IT!
What a nice surprise ! Thank you for your great demo!
Thanks, Agnes
Hi Jem. I have been ricocheting between artists and their styles, trying to find my own self in all of this and came across your hard-soft edge, looseness and light and a limited palette and I feel you have pointed me in the right direction, so thank you for posting your work and inspiring lost souls such as mine.
Hi Carl. Thanks very much; I appreciate your comment. Not that you're asking for advice, but just in case it might be helpful, I always think the best thing re. that situation is to focus on just painting from your own observation. From life, ideally (eg plein air, if a landscape artist) but otherwise from your own photos/sketches/notes, etc. Look at the things that the artists you admire HAVE IN COMMON. Observe/write down what those things are, then do it your way. i.e. not in the 'handwriting' of those or any other artists, but just as it comes out of YOU. Always consider/observe the objective qualities of the visual world (tone, edges, texture, colour, shape, etc, etc) but don't look at how other artists actually put it all together. Do all this for 20 years, and you'll be well on your way! Cheers, Jem 🙂
@@JemBowdenWatercolour - thank you Jem; much appreciated. Cheers, Carl 🙂
Absolutely beautiful. You have such a lovely style and the colours are just perfect. 🙂
Thanks very much!
Thank you Jem!
Thanks, Zviadi
Just found your channel. Love your tutorials and style. Thank you so much for the effort of putting them together.
Thanks very much for your appreciation. All the best, Jem
nice work jem I like the way you make the painting look more dramatic than the photo!
Thanks, Kevin. I often try to change photos in some way, otherwise it just feels like an empty 'copying' process!
I just love sheep.
Very interesting, sublime painting. How do you modify your chinese brush ?
Thanks for your comment. You'll find some info on the brush on my website.
omg!!!! nice environment and your painting is just awesome.... keep going
Hi Shahanoor. I appreciate your very kind comment! I see you do some lovely watercolour yourself!
Enjoyed the demo Jem & the painting process as a whole. Like the colours and tones in the sky too. Thanks for uploading.
Thanks for your comments, Andrew. Glad you enjoyed the videos.
Like the composition. A very interesting tree Jem, unusual shape but a still very enjoyable plein air video. Thanks for uploading it.
I like trees that have character, and enjoy painting them. I love this one.
A great interpretation Jem. The light breaking through, shining across the fishing boat is amazing. Thanks for uploading the demo.
Thanks, Andrew. Glad you like it.
Bravo Sir, what a skill to enjoy...
Well, thank you. And I like your pseudonym!
Brilliant painting and tutorial....
Thanks very much, Phil. Glad you liked it
How can you keep the paper from drying out too quickly when you are working plein air...?
You can't! Well, sometimes you can't. Be quick! Though some people use water sprays, etc. I just make the paper extra saturated, if necessary, where I need it to be. But often it dries more slowly outside, not quicker. Depends on humidity.
@@JemBowdenWatercolour always so much to think about when tackling watercolour! I am joining your art course in Burnham Market this June hopefully. 👍
@@isabeltipple9942 Yes, plenty to occupy the mind! Look forward to meeting you in June, then. The main thing to think about always, though, is how nice the view/atmosphere is! That's my approach anyway.
@@JemBowdenWatercolour just doing a paper shop now - what do you recommend - theres a good offer on Arches at the moment i want to take advantage of. Presume you dont tend towards hot press for landscapes?
@@isabeltipple9942 Please see the recommended Materials List for my course on this page: www.jembowdenwatercolour.co.uk/courses-residential-painting-holidays/#big-sky-art-en-plein-air-in-norfolk-2020 I don't use Arches, nor Hot-pressed. I use Bockingford 200lb Not. And those papers are very different indeed!
Nice demo, your comments are so helpful in the understanding how the painting process is done. Thank you.
Thanks very much, Larry. Pleased you found it helpful.
You are like a painting ninja!👍👍
Haha! Well, Thanks!
A wonderfully majestic painting! Thank you for sharing your talent and hope you post more soon.👍💛❤💙💚🧡💜
Thank you, Patricia; I appreciate your comment.
You make me want to paint - love your grasses and skies. I live in Michigan and right now it seems we see nothing but snow. But I will be trying some of your techniques. Than you.
Thanks, Mary.
Great painting but a lousy video- I almost got sea sick watching it. But great to see how you handled it- thank you - you do inspire me!
Thanks. Yes, the video is lousy. I should probably put a warning on it! Or just take it down, as I originally intended.
Like your work no matter how you show it. But love the comments re; where you are, what type of hawk you’re painting, and the voice of a teacher who cares about his work. Thank you so much for these demonstrations
Thank you for your kind comment, Sarah, much appreciated.
excellent tutorial!
Thank you
I am interested in knowing where you got your palette? Really like the large mixing areas, looks perfect for pleinaire. Thanks~
I had the palette made to my own specifications, by a guy I met who had built a 3D printing machine. So it is not available anywhere, but in design it is probably most like a cross between the largest Holbein palette and the Liz Deakin palette, whilst diverging in many ways.