How to Paint Watercolour | A Beginners Guide to Painting Outside
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How to get started painting en plein air - and some tips for making sure it goes well.
This video includes details of the basic painting equipment needed to enjoy outdoor painting as well as a full-length demonstration, filmed in real-time, on-location near the artist’s home.
If there's a particular topic or subject you'd be interested in hearing more about or seeing me paint, please do drop a comment below.
For more information, or to see more of my videos or online courses, please visit my website: andrewpitt.co.uk
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Best video on beginner plein air painting. Thank you!!!
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Not only are you an excellent artist, but your explanation of composition, color, mixing, connecting shapes-excellent. I hope you do more of these
Many thanks. Glad you found it helpful. There are more videos on my TH-cam channel and at www.andrewpitt.co.uk
Very good video Andrew - a true master at work
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Outdoor sketching is not easy, especially for larger-scale sketches, where is it, what is the weather, whether there will be interference around, whether it is a place where you are allowed to stay, the light may change at any time, it is very complicated, but every time it is fresh It is also worth looking forward to.
Your cut plexiglass 'frame' to hold your paper in place is pure genius! I have been hoping to see how it's affixed onto your board. Wonderful video all around with such good instructions! The painting is beautiful! Fresh and so alive!
There is a video on my website which covers all my painting equipment, including my drawing board. It will show you that the plexiglass ‘frame’ is simply hinged at the top with canvas tape. I’m sure the video will explain all. It is very simple. Thanks for your interest. www.andrewpitt.co.uk
Beautiful painting! I especially liked how you did the sky. I was intrigued by the plexiglass frame too. Will check out the video. Thank you for sharing your talent.
I find Andrew’s videos clear, informative and pleasantly explained. Absorbing.
Many thanks for that.
Watching you,make me feel calm. So it is a lesson in character as well as painting. Love your tutorial. I have not painted outside yet but start to feel the urge to do it. Why not enjoy nature and paint at the same time! Thank you, I will be watching more videos.
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Hello Andrew Absolutely wonderful watching you paint as it brings everything to life. Wonderful colours.
Thank you for your demonstration
Hi. Thanks. Glad you found the video. There are more on my TH-cam channel.
Thank you for this. I always learn something when watching your videos.
Tampa, Florida 🌴
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Thanks Andrew - very helpful painting demonstration. Could you say where the location is?
Thank you. The mill is Blackshore Wind Pump on Reydon Marshes, Southwold, Suffolk, UK. www.andrewpitt.co.uk
Very interesting - we've often visited Southwold harbour (River Blyth) but never knew the mill was there.....
Walk up stream from the Harbour Inn along the seawall. You can’t miss it.
Thank you Sir. I struggle with being loose in watercolours so your videos help me in that respect. Lovely spot to paint too.
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Thank you for sharing the information, advice and demonstration. I hadn't thought of the hanging brush holder before despite some years of painting so knocked one up today and found it very helpful.
Glad it was helpful. Thanks for getting in touch. Funny how we all so often miss the simple solutions. www.andrewpitt.co.uk
Thank you very much for another very enjoyable and instructive video.
I have problems getting my colours 'right' even though I do tests on a spare piece of paper. The colours that you select go so well with each other; I am sure that it is obviously because you are very experienced and know your palette so well, it is something that comes with time and repetition I imagine.
Do you have a video that specifically deals with the problem of mixing colours and or getting the tones right?
Many thanks dj
Thanks for getting in touch. I rarely test my paint on a separate sheet of paper. All colours look good on their own. I think it best to see how the colour goes with what you already have on the paper. And the only way to do that it place it next to the colours you already have put down. All my videos are on the Video page of my website: www.andrewpitt.co.uk
I could watch your videos for hours! They’re very relaxing and fun to watch
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I love to watch your videos. I decide to paint every picture you post on your channel! Thank you for teaching us water color painting!
Thanks for your support. Much appreciated.
Amazing video, beautiful landscape painting!😍
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Thank you Andrew! Your video describing the way you prepare for outdoor painting was very helpful, and then watching how you interpret the scene in front of you, is quite like magic :-) I appreciate your helpful videos very much!
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Very useful and informative thanks Andrew. I learn a lot from your videos.
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Excellent video and tutorial, thank you! Most beautiful green mixes i've seen!
Thanks ever so much - very kind. There are more videos on my TH-cam channel and my website, www.andrewpitt.co.uk
Like watching you when I'm home with a cold - relaxes between naps.
Good to hear!
What a beautiful spring day you had! Do you ever get caught out by the English weather? If so what do you do? Thank you for demonstrating how you set up your kit. I can imagine that without pre planning, it would be easy to forget or overlook something.
Thanks. Yes, I do get caught out sometimes. I try to plough on. You will see the occasional painting with spots of rain on my Instagram account. www.andrewpitt.co.uk
Fantastic video. It was relaxing and entertaining while also filled with instruction and tips.
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Very helpful and instructive video. It is interesting to see how you vary your approach and your commentary is particularly useful. Thank you for sharing
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Great tutorial Andrew, thank you, I love watching you paint 😀 I only started water colour painting this year, rather late in life, (after being told in school that I wasn't any good) I am enjoying it, but definitely need some simple subjects, and these videos help give me a little confidence to try. Thank you 😊
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Excellent demonstration! I love the colours you use, unlike other artists who use all kinds colours with goofy names, which makes it more diificult for the novice. Thank you also for your verbal commentary which is very instructive.
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I’m new to painting outside and not very good at it. It’s nice watching you paint the way you do. Not wet into wet or getting rid of all the white first, not necessarily starting with the sky, a nice technique for outside that seems a little simpler. I’m sure you just make it look that way! Thanks.
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So far, I have watched this video, A Beginners Guide to Outdoor ..., twice. I love it. The music is perfect, as I am watching a master. The shaded side of the building and the sky make me cry. Thank you, Myra
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Very nice demo and beautiful painting, thank you.
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Another beautiful work sir, ..... I remember watching a video of yours earlier ......and loved it then , but unfortunately lost track to your channel name and videos........but now found you again....its refreshing to see you work.....so beautifully you create and explain sir.....may you live a happy healthy life 🤲❤️
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Great video and very helpful to me and such a great simple set up, it’s encouraging me to get outside and have a go.
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When you say, "light red" (for example, where you said to use ultramarine and "light red" for the distant foliage), can you please explain which color (pigment code) you mean? Do you mean a cool red or a warm red (cad red or alizarin, for example) or do you mean Natural Red Oxide (Bauxite)?
Light Red is a standard watercolour made by Winsor and Newton. It is certainly not like Cad. Red or Aliz. Crimson. It is a slightly more red than Burnt Sienna.
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Finally! A plein air video from you! Wishing you the best, Mr. Pitt!
Thanks.
Thank you Andrew for another great video.
Thanks for getting in contact.
Really nice video Andrew. Thank you.
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it.
An outstanding demonstration with an insightful and helpful commentary. A master class. Thank you.
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Great choice of music for the scene at 8:50.
Good evening Sir, thank you for sharing your valuable experience, knowledge and your motivation 🙏🙏🙏🙏
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Masterful brushwork! Also love the variations of green!
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Useful tips for outdoor painting and a bright watercolor ! Thank you !
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Thank you so much for this. I don't know which I love better the way you capture greenery or skies! After decades of wanting to be able to do water colours it is finally happening, thanks to your beautifully instructional videos and lots of practice! I did order your book from Amazon but understand it is going through a second print run so I suspect it may be a bit of a wait? Your web site is excellent! Thank you for all you do.
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Watching you bring a painting to life is very inspiring. Especially like you doing it in real time.
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I am ashamed to admit how many times I have struggled with one of those wooden easels and yet getting it level was so simple to do! You live and learn as they say. Good demonstration as well. Thank you!
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Love to watch you set up and paint. I adore 'painting en plein air' .. my favourite thing in the world. ♡
Wonderful lesson . Thanks!
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I liked watching you paint dark to light. I'd wager it's a bit easier outside as paint dries so fast. Putting in the distant horizon last is something I almost never do. I'll have to try that. Also have not used 300# paper. Might have some advantages to offset the cost.
I sometimes paint light to dark and sometimes dark to light. Just as the fancy takes me. Never do anything in a painting the same way twice. I think good paper is most important - that and professional watercolour paint. Good luck and don’t try too hard - just enjoy!
@@AndrewPittArtist sound advice...my wife is dealing with cancer now and painting is a refuge from stress.
Oh, sorry to hear that.
Best wishes
Andrew, another helpful video. I enjoy seeing how some simple color blending can result in a dramatic sky that hints at a lot of texture. Also, I am impressed how you took a fairly dull scene and brought out so much that is visually interesting. God bless you!
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Great tutorial, thank you!
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I love hearing the birds
One of the pleasures of painting outdoors. www.andrewpitt.co.uk
Than you for sharing your wonderful work. Beautiful Colours!!
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Hello Mr. Andrew! What a brush you use, I like it!
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Thanks so much! I was just trying to get an outdoor painting setup together so this is exactly what I needed!
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Thank you for sharing this, I really enjoyed seeing how you paint en plein air and your simple set up - I't's slowly, slowly sinking in my thick head that I need to keep everything simple, in particular keeping my composition simple when first starting out plein air painting...
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Thank you for this video Andrew! I have used mixed media and acrylic paints most of my life. Recently we moved onto 200 acres. It is so beautiful, I would love to explore the landscape more…though paint. I love your set up!
And I am excited to re remember how to use water colours! 💕
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Another beautiful painting, most enjoyable to watch and listen.thankyou so much.
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Beautiful
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Beautiful 😊
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Andrew- I admire your ability to draw and paint the landscape. I never felt it was necessary to transport the studio to the outdoors. To me, painting outdoors is a simplistic approach to what you could/can accomplish in the studio. Perhaps that is the wrong approach! But I tend to go with a minimal amount of paints and only one or two brushes. Your thoughts?
It isn’t necessary to ‘’transport the studio’’ if all you want is a sketch. Do what comes naturally. I try to paint a picture outside, rather than fall back and merely do a sketch. And I don’t really take that much equipment outside. I try to paint my studio pieces the same way as I paint outdoors. www.andrewpitt.co.uk
Thank you. I will give that a try this summer and see what happens.
What a wonderful gentle, calm painting! Everything is great. I love all your tutorials. Thanks Andrew for sharing your talent and time.
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Hi Andrew
Thx for this great video
I’ve been noticing King Charles’ beautiful plein air watercolors!!!
I just love his work
England really has some talent ❤
Thanks so much
Kristi
Nevada, USA
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Lovely video thanks so much. I often wonder how organised Van Gogh must actually have been to keep his canvasses clean given he was painting outdoors so much.
I think they have found grit and pollen in Van Gogh’s oil paintings.
I think I'm usually pretty glad to have something to hang from below my phot tripod as ballast against the wind, even if it's just my spare water jug and thermos! Good advice to practice setting up inside or in the yard first!
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I am learning so much from your videos. Thank you
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Labai grazu.Ačiū
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Bonitas acuarelas maestro, soy Español de Jerez de la Frontera (Jerez - Xerez - Cherry).
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Thank you. I’ve been struggling with a palette that will suit me both in the studio and outdoors. Do you mind sharing which brand you use? There’s a lot of mixing area, but it still seems relatively compact. Thanks so much.
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Not too much drawing, or you'll be filling in a coloring book instead painting. This is a paraphrase of what you said, but it's on the money. I find myself hiding behind my drawing when painting, it's a bad habit I have to lose. Thank you
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I love the process!
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@@AndrewPittArtist you are awesome! continue!
Very interesting to watch your lovely
Strong brush strokes on this painting.
I get very nervous to do that in case I get
it wrong.
Very helpful
Thank you
Thanks for getting in touch. The problem with watercolour is every brush stroke reveals the confidence/anxieties of the painter. There are more videos on my website, www.andrewpitt.co.uk Happy painting.
Can you advise on varnishing watercolours ? So many different voices tell so many rdifferent eplies.
All I can say is I never varnish a watercolour. They look best behind glass.
Thanks for the master lesson. Always inspiring to see you work!
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Andrew where do you get your tripod conversion plates from
I’ll send you an email with a link.
You talked about it being more important to having ‘the right tone’. I wonder if you would consider talking more about this.
I recognise that in my paintings, when I have the tone just right, my paintings look all the better for it.
Yes, tone is the most important thing after drawing. In fact I plan to say more about tone in the next video, which will probably be a series of shortish lessons again as many people have generously been in touch to say how helpful they have found them. Thanks for your suggestion.
@@AndrewPittArtist I shall look forward to what you have to contribute - again many thanks Andrew.
Thoroughly enjoyed this, thank you...
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thank you for the advice
Dom
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Thank you for sharing your set up
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I’ve just watched this again… you’re always so generous with your extremely helpful advice, so thank you again. I always so enjoy your videos, I find them so gentle in these troubling times. 😊
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Hi Andrew, this is a truly excellent demonstration! I really like your bag (the one in which you carry your drawing boards). Can you disclose the brand or where one could get a bag like this?
Thanks for your kind comments. My green bag is homemade out of green canvas and leather. if you can find anyone in your area who works in leather I’m sure they would have a go at making one for you if you supply a diagram and measurements. Good luck.
This was an excellent demo, thank you for making it! I have a question about your tripod plate on your sketching board, where did you get it? I can only find the Guerilla Painters adapter plate in my searches online but I prefer how yours is a solid piece of metal. Thank you for your insights!
Thanks for getting in touch. There are more videos on my TH-cam channel and website, www.andrewpitt.co.uk As regards the metal plate if you email at info@andrewpitt.co.uk I can then send you a link.
foarte frumos foarte interesant.
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Thank you. I enjoyed that.
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Lovely Andrew.
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Ah, well - a bit of humour usually goes a long way. . .
Thanks - it certainly does.
Good morning,
I loved this open air you painted.
Could you please tell me what palette you have? Mine doesn't have a hole for my thumb.
Thanks
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Beautiful
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Grande, Maestro.
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awesome!
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For pain, read agony !
Sorry about that. I know just how it feels, although comments usually reveal more about the viewer than what is viewed.