If you’d like to incorporate using watercolors in your field sketchbooks, I invite you to watch my series of short demonstration and tip videos below to get you started. You’ll learn about my recommended supplies and learn some quick painting techniques especially meant for quick and easy use in the field. Each video is short and sweet, at 2-12 minutes long, to get you painting quickly with ease and confidence!
Basic Supplies for Watercolor Painting in Nature
This is the basic kit of art supplies I recommend for beginners who want to paint watercolors in their nature journals (3.5 minutes).
Tips for Creating Simple Monochrome Paintings in the Field
Choosing just one or two watercolor hues for your field studies will really help you to quickly capture the essence of the flora and fauna you are observing (1.5 minutes).
Tips for Accurately Mixing Colors to Match your Subject
Mixing your paints to match the hues found in nature is challenging and fun. It simply takes practice and keen observation skills but is worth the effort if you want to capture the subtle greens and earth tones found outdoors in your nature sketching journal (3.5 minutes).
Pros and Cons of Various Portable Watercolor Supplies
In this video, I discuss the attributes and pros and cons of my favorite watercolor supplies for painting nature subjects in the outdoors (12 minutes).
Tips for Choosing Hues and Palettes
My tips for options in choosing the colors for your watercolor set as well as various types of portable watercolors sets for painting in the field (8 minutes)
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