 Hey guys, I was inspired by something I saw on Pinterest to try doing a sort of watercolour-y semi-abstract three-page Kind of a landscape in my watercolor sketch journal and I I well in the inspiration photo I think it was a two-page I happened to be on this three-page spread here part of my journal So I thought we'd give it a try so let's do that. I'm gonna work on the background We're in watercolor and then we're gonna let it dry and then we're gonna go over it with some black pen probably a pit pen I'm gonna get my watercolors wet first And I'm doing it over the paper because I actually am gonna want to get the paper wet too Start by getting one of my larger flat brushes and some clean water And I'm gonna actually get the paper wet all the way across And of course as we know from working with water color because the paper is wet That means the water color is gonna bleed and run That's okay though. That's kind of what we want. So now Think this brush is too small. I have this one, but I think that's too small. So let's get a bigger one I'm gonna use this one, which is a Princeton Neptune number oop number eight quill brush I knew it wasn't called a round. I just can't remember what it was called I'm gonna start with my sky colors and for that I'm gonna use Cobalt blue. That's my computer going off in the background. So just ignore it I'm not gonna fast forward this because I thought you guys might want to see the process And I'm okay with these white spots that just kind of to me that hints at clouds So I'm I'm liking that This quill brush holds a lot of water so it stays wet a long time. Okay. I like that so let's Sort of hint at maybe a mountain range or something in the background. We're gonna stick with the quill brush for right now What color do I want to use? I think I want to use burnt umber at least to start Now remember that these colors whoopsie got green on there. Well, I guess that green is meant to be there Remember these colors are gonna dry lighter than they look as is true with watercolor most of the time I need to put something Paper, let's see. So it's just kind of hanging off the table and it's not Super flat. I'm gonna add in some Of this kind of reddish brown color Some sepia. I'm gonna pull some of this down here. I like that a lot. I want to add a little bit of a purplish gray color I'm going to Lift some of this down here, then I'm gonna get rid of some of the rag marks And then I'm gonna grab some of my green. This is permanent green and I grab some sap green some hookers green now I'm going to Take my book and I'm going to add water to spots and I'm gonna Get it to drip. I'm going to do some more lifting I'm gonna switch back to the smaller brush and I'm gonna go in With some of my sepia add a little bit of the reddish brown to it. I'm gonna take something Pointy and I'm gonna scratch into the wet watercolor paint all the way down Painting there we go. I'm gonna go back into one of my greens And I think I'm gonna go to hookers green. I'm gonna I have this thing for prussian blue So I'm gonna put some prussian blue in here It's one of my favorite watercolor colors prussian blue You know, I have less control with the bigger brush, but that's what I want The paper is getting really really wet and starting to buckle a bit, but that's okay Because after we do this, we're gonna just let it dry now Of course, you can use a heat tool if you want. I'm gonna probably just let it dry naturally because I Need to go pick up my mail. I should be doing I'm not doing Because I'm painting Now of course don't forget that, you know, you can lift some of this up if you get too much But you're never gonna get all of it up. So you have to just be okay with whatever happens Okay, we're gonna let that dry and I'll be back They lied. I want to add some paints gray Just seem like it needed a little pop of something so and y'all know I like paints gray anyway But yeah, it seemed like it needed something now the paper is starting to dry. So I'm adding extra water after I put the paint on in the direction. I kind of want the paint to go to try to semi-control Where it goes, but you know, this is a watercolor So you only have so much control which is not a lot and I'm doing it all the way across the page You don't want to just add a new color in and just do it only in one spot That'll look weird And this is an expressive Impressionistic in my opinion Like forest to landscape. So, you know, this is not about literal painting. It's about suggesting shapes as Always because I always paint that way you guys should know that by now You put the right color in the right place to suggest your shapes Instead of painting it literally It's more fun and in some ways. It's a bigger challenge. That's pretty good. I'm pretty happy with that Okay, now we're gonna stop And I'll let it dry and we'll be back with a black pen or brown pen probably black pen. All right I'll be back. Okay. Our watercolor is dry and we're gonna come in here now with black pen Or brown pen. I'm still not sure. I've got some pit pens and my carbon ink pen I know I don't think I want the brush tip one, but I don't know that for sure I am going to get a water brush Hopefully I have one with actually has water in it. Maybe yeah, there we go because I think I want to go in there while some of the ink is wet and Maybe smear a little bit of it. I think I want to do black, but let's see. This is S. I Should probably get my reading glasses. This is M What is this one XS? It's a little tiny one Let me get my reading glasses And this part's just about drawing and picking out shapes from what you painted and turning them into something I'm gonna start with the M. I'm gonna have my water brush open it in my other hand and I'm gonna Look for my tree shapes And that trees aren't even and they're not straight Not by any stretch So if your lines are not even in straight, that's okay if you get in here while the ink is wet You may be able to get it to move a little bit It's probably less likely with the Faber-Castell pens than some of the other pens, but it will happen and Basically the idea is just to get in here and Draw some tree shapes Don't smear all your ink. Just smear some of it We'll just give your tree an interesting texture Maybe hint at knots in the barker Or something like that. Just you know, obviously you can tell I'm being loose and sketchy with it Just something like that I may You know do something with other shapes Here in that kind of the background Like that So I'm gonna do that all the way across and this part I am gonna fast-forward through and I'll be right back Might do more of these in this book. So anyway, I hope it gave you some ideas of what you can do To play with your watercolors have some fun in your journal Just be expressive and make some marks and play with your products and You never know what can happen. Look at this. This is pretty. This is really pretty. I like this. All right So if you have any questions comments or concerns, please let me know all of my contact informations in the description below So take a minute out of your day and read it for me There is also a link there to my new Facebook group if you want to join Just click on it. It should take you right over there and you can request to join You can leave a comment on the video. I will get back to you as soon as possible I promise and if you have any product products or anything you'd like me to review you'd like to send me happy mail or whatever My PO box is in the description below That's all I can think of for right now. 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