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It's Lois here today, join me for an oldie but a goodie, a really simple impressionistic MISTY evening walk with the dog on the South Downs. It is a really simple landscape that was so much fun to paint! Using the wet in wet method and the old paint left on my palette before cleaning it, you can paint some really wonderful landscapes by just letting the paint and water flow together and seeing what happens. The trick is to look for any opportunities to turn particular marks into landscape features, and learn to exploit those opportunities to the full. This can take a bit of practice, but it is a wonderful way to loosen up, take the pressure off yourself and have fun! Its a great way to not waste old paint and to learn about how beautiful neutrals can be.
Materials: Millford 140lb/300gsm cold pressed watercolour paper, 11" by 15"/28cms x 38cms. It is taped to my board and my board is at an angle of about 45 degrees, or flat, or I can tip and tilt it to get the water to flow. I use ordinary fine table salt for effects and a water mister spray. I use various brushes as shown in the demo, but use any similar ones you have. The old colours on my palette were paynes grey, prussian blue, burnt umber, raw and burnt sienna, but any mixture of colours will produce different but interesting results with a bit of trial and error!