Loose watercolour landscape tutorial using salt & 2 colours, Impressionist watercolor painting, hake

/ loisdavidsonart * Please note that at about 6 mins into the video, I brush all the salt from the painting once it is bone dry before I continue to paint, I forgot to say!* Materials listed below. I'm currently exploring special effects in loose watercolour painting with my Patreon group, in this video I try out adding salt for this wet in wet winter landscape using just 2 colours. My board is tilted at around 45 to 60 degrees so the water and paint flows nicely. Many thanks for watching, please like and subscribe! Thanks so much to all my Patrons on Patreon for supporting this channel :-) / loisdavidsonart
Materials:
Milford paper 140lb cold pressed 11" x 15"/28cm x 38cm
Natural rock salt (medium ground crystals)
Cotman watercolour tubes in Paynes grey and Yellow ochre
Large and medium Pro Arte Ron Ranson hake brushes, no.2 rigger, small squirrel mop brush

[@terryevans7661]

I've been painting for 60 years, all mediums, but not so much wet in wet. You have already inspired me to give it a try. I have thousands of completed paintings, and a good variety of styles, but you have a way of presenting your work, so beautifully understated, and encouraging everyone to think, "I can do that" .I cannot praise you enough!! Keep it going, it's great!.

[@francoforleo4971]

Covering the paper blemish with the foreground trees really took this painting to another level.... another great tutorial! Thanks Lois 🙏🎨

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Thank you so much Franco, I'm really glad you enjoyed it!

[@peterwright7357]

Lois, you are a star, I am trying my best because I have a tremor and not grumbling at 87. I do enjoy the tutorials as I am disabled and it is the only past time now, so thank you for your time Peter Wright Sheffield

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Thanks Peter, my pleasure and Happy Painting! 🎨💐🌟

[@12345678maylin]

This is beautiful beyond words. Your style is my favorite and I aspire to learn from you. thank you so much for sharing your talent with us.

[@andy_warhola]

Looks super, well done, love the salt effect

[@LeonaFraser1]

once again a stunning simple piece cant wait to have a go - thanks again for taking the time to share your knowledge with us

[@cherrysimmonds5836]

Love your atmospheric paintings and all your helpful information. Thank you Lois 😍🍒

[@springfugue_art]

The mood is perfectly captured with the light and shadows. Beautiful painting! :)

[@siirinoad5639]

Yet another beautiful work of art, so simple yet so effective and stunning.

[@rosinelenoane779]

Beautiful greys ,

[@maggimarmion3836]

Love the two colours and the salt patterns !👍👌😍

[@philipdown3147]

Lois great painting using minimum watercolour 2 colours, thanks for sharing your talent and trying out different shades together which inspire others to atempt. Thanks greatly appreciated stay safe

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Thanks Philip!

[@earth_tones_and_sky]

That’s just gorgeous. I really love the different levels of detail and the simple colour palette that is so lively!

[@merylsmallbone4650]

Just had a try and I’m pretty pleased with results … all thanks to your amazing tutorial.

[@brendalazellestephenson2319]

Beautiful results with your Hake brushes - Thanks.

[@rosinelenoane779]

And beautiful textures !

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Thanks so much fort your lovely comments!

[@ritajanousek18]

Absolutely love it!!

[@maggiefreeman6513]

Beautiful. Thanks for sharing your process.

[@robertapizzorno8901]

thank you so much I just love your style and your loose and gentle way

[@barryteghtmeyer5466]

Really enjoy the use of a simplified palette as well as relying on wet into wet to create incredible skies. I have never used a hake brush for an entire painting before.. I am definitely going to try it!

[@georgepatrickbennett7412]

Beautiful, really love your style and your choice of colours 😊

[@danielleleclaire717]

Simple , sobre et beau!Très beaux effets; merci pour cette belle vidéo.

[@thomasmatthews7080]

This is really wonderful, and it also showcases like half a dozen techniques that were useful to me.

[@oceanomare27]

Thanks so much for the tip with the tracing paper - so useful! And I also tried the salt and similar colour scheme ... just two (even though my Paynes Grey is slightly different ... more brownish) ... it turned out very moody. I am learning so much from you! And it is fun to watch you create your paintings.
What's more ... I even got my husband to try to paint a sky today 😉 ... and my son too ... we had a lot of fun. ❤

[@jazmindelpais]

Fantastic !!!

[@ZeeMightyMite]

Oh my goodness! I saw the scratch on the paper (that has happened to me) and I was wondering what you were going to do - the tracing paper idea was brilliant!!! You are amazing and I am thankful I found your channel. Thank you! Beautiful work.

[@alexthe1cat]

Just beautiful--such good marks and color blends. Perfect.

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Thank you!

[@lyndonreddick1888]

I can hear cars and engines in the background. 😆kept thinking it was my neighborhood. Nice landscape, must try.

[@rebekkabirgirsdottir2137]

Omg 😍 love this and will certainly try this. You are so inspirering. 💜

[@dianecarroll6663]

Magic. What a great technique using the tracing paper.

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Thanks!

[@pavelozdani439]

it looks beautiful

[@shawnas464]

SOOOO COOL!

[@Angayasse]

Oh wow, the mood.. fantastic!!

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Thank you!

[@shakunpunjabi7399]

Amazing

[@eleniphotos]

Fabulous! To me, on the right looks like a city!

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

I thought that too, thanks so much!

[@mohammadriaz4998]

Nice

[@mohammadriaz4998]

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[@catherinesteinman5627]

I love this work Lois and im going to support you on Patreon Thank you so much for the wonderful inspiration!

[@peggymann925]

This is great! I will try this, even though I'm pretty new at watercolor. Thank you for all your videos!

[@enlighteneduk]

Absolutely love your work!

[@andrewfrost8866]

This is wonderful. You have really given quite an insight into new and fresh techniques for me. Thank you!!

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

thanks so much for your feedback Andrew, and happy painting!

[@MustafaSajjadHaider_Dramatist]

Interesting lights creating cool shaded.

[@amywagreich9042]

Very nice. I really like it. Beautiful

[@burcukeskin7878]

Love this! Very cool. You make it look easy!

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Thank you so much !

[@watercolorlegend423]

Amazing Awesome watercolor painting

[@ceciliajohansson8923]

Just fantastic ❤️

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Thank you so much!

[@lisaorourke903]

This is my favourite so far!

[@Smurgles]

I love using salt. Last week I was fooling around trying to do a spontaneous landscape painting. It didn't work, but I threw salt on it and I love how it turned out! Salt can fix darn near anything. :-)

[@lucreciacely123]

Wonderful!!

[@stevejennings2394]

Lois, just found your channel and have binged watched the past few days. Thanks for such creative, fun and inspiring paintings.

[@iocalatubo412]

Always I wait for a new video and always I find it fantastic. Thanks so much.

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Thanks so much for your lovely comment!

[@anjanmajumdar4045]

What an idea and applications! Lots of thanks from India

[@joannekeller8716]

Very successful , love the 2 colors ! Thanks 🤗🤗😘

[@ShahanoorMamun]

Outstanding work!!

[@monikstoycheva394]

Wow! This is amazing art work! It's look simple, but I am sure, that is not. Thank you!

[@sigrunsveinbjornsdottir685]

Love this and just 2 collours

[@markfalconer_paints]

Love this. Really came out well.

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Thanks!

[@madhursrivastav]

I love your style of paintings (so loose) and would definitely give a try ...
also your narration.

[@madhursrivastav]

And I made one

[@mooshibe]

Very nice indeed. Like wet in wet very much. Thank you.

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Thanks!

[@pavelozdani439]

nice work - you solved every problem professionally

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Thanks so much for your feedback Pavel!

[@yingpan305]

Love all of your videos

[@tarabobart5524]

Absolutely beautiful...thank you🌷

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Thank you!

[@JulSamoilo]

lovely!!

[@tinaknight6097]

Really like your painting, definitely going to have a go using salt

[@barbaragemin5117]

This looks fun. Great effects too. Thanks Lois. I might have a go. 🙏

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Thanks Barbara!

[@fredbear72ify]

Wonderful

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Thank you!

[@MickyBrownEye1]

Lovely - I just need to go buy some salt lol. Foregrounds are my nemesis and this technique gives some great effects.

[@liaclark2393]

thanks for that insightful tutorial love it ,

[@janisdurwael269]

Hi Lois...another beautiful picture!! I LOVE your technique....I've tried a few of your demos....it's harder than it looks!

[@brightstreamify]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️. I think that says everything 😊

[@pinkflamingo5628]

Lovely. Thank you 🌺

[@suresh.karthikeyan]

Awesome work👌👌👌 Love your style of painting - it is therapeutic too, in some way.

[@nangarciarivero4371]

👏👏👏!!!Genial!! Beautiful.

[@carolinafernandezoro733]

Awesome!!!!!

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Thanks!

[@margaretmartin6620]

Very nice, Lois. I am going to use salt more because I like the effects that you can get. Thank you for a great video! :)

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Thanks Margaret, it's great isn't it?

[@Mr.S65]

Beautiful :)

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Thanks so much!

[@hussmeister792]

You keep making it look to easy Lois! I really like this project. Keep up the fantastic videos and don't drink too much cafe'

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Thanks, I'll do my best not to!

[@yvonnegeelen6571]

Love you style Thankyou for sharing

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Thanks!

[@williamconcepcion4635]

Nice job excellent and perfect drawling very good ideas for water color Thanks you for nice excellent job Thanks

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Thank you!

[@therezanicheartes]

Beautiful 👍 show

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Thank you!

[@elisabethsmith8260]

Love this moody landscape! Just a suggestion; maybe let people know how you remove the salt after it is dry. Assuming you do? Love watching your videos, and learning from them. Thank you.

[@lynnstokes7904]

I was wondering the same thing.

[@WatercolourUniverse]

Great👍👍

[@joemenzaart]

Cool. I used salt once I need to use it more 👍

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

I shall look forward to seeing your results!

[@rempidempia7248]

You are may inspireysion 🎨❤

[@jenninemidkiff783]

I absolutely love this! Beautifully done and love the way you cover up the scratch and repurposed with a new focal point. One question though, did you brush off the salt or did it just desolve?

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

I brushed off any remaining salt, some does dissolve so a bit of both!

[@kenanyldrm3723]

👏👏👏👏

[@nancydipko3270]

I have yet another inspiration!! I really enjoyed your process! I do want to ask if you used “frisket” or a facsimile? It appears the paint does not absorb into the paper in certain areas at approximately the lower 1/3 area? I’m a novice and am trying to learn about watercolor! Thank you, Lois!

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

No frisket, I added salt to the foreground which pushes the paint away

[@safi456]

FA. BU. LOUS! I'm definitely going to try this. May I just ask how paint doesn't seep beneath your masking tape? I've never been able to get a clean line, AND my tape tears my paper when I remove it.
Thanks for the inspiration Lois, much needed at this time. God bless.

[@chetanimckinney]

Quite wonderful. On the left lower third, is that a dry brush mark? Or a reflection? It really adds to the piece.

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Thanks so much, it's dry brush :-)

[@cysigh11]

That’s so lovely! I LOVE the sky! What is that big brush called!

[@dplouff0820]

Hake

[@anamariatello6726]

💐👏

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Thanks!

[@chrishayman1747]

Lois what size in cm or inches is 1/4 sheet. I like the hint of using tracing paper

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Hi, a quarter sheet is about 11" x 15"/28cm x 38cm :-)

[@thomasmatthews7080]

Oh, can you tell me what the rigger brush you are using here is? Many thanks!

[@benwarren9340]

Lois - do you have to brush the salt crystals off at the end - when the painting is completely dry?

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Yes you do, silly me I forgot to mention it! I shall add it to the description, thanks!

[@catherinebond7474]

@@LoisDavidsonArt So we never saw the painting after the salt was removed?

[@watercolourpaintingartech3305]

#watercolour_painting_artech
Fantastic ❤❤❤

[@marjo-riittareinikainen9740]

Have you stretched the paper beforehand, before you binded it with masking tape?

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Hi, I don't stretch my paper beforehand, i just allow it to swell as I paint, then as it dries it usually flattens out nicely

[@ianbarnes1406]

Lovely painting. I've never heard of a hake brush being pronounced as Harkey 😁

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Thanks! It’s the original Japanese pronunciation, as it’s a Japanese brush, it rhymes with the Japanese drink Sake 😊👍

[@ianbarnes1406]

@@LoisDavidsonArt thanks. I did wonder!

[@cysigh11]

Did you brush that salt off or did it absorb into the work?

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Hi Maryanne, I brushed it off once it was dry, I forgot to mention it, sorry about that, I'll add the info to the description

[@loneborgersen5940]

Dear Lois. Thanks again for a great tutorial. I wonder whether it really is a Payne's Grey, though? Best Lone

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Thanks! It really is paynes grey, Cotman paynes grey is almost black straight from the tube

[@loneborgersen5940]

@@LoisDavidsonArt thanks😊 I haven’r tried cotmans paynes grey😌

[@estelleholloway754]

Bb

[@robertapizzorno8901]

Are you on fb or instagram ?
would like to follow you

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

I'm on Instagram at the moment