How to use a spray bottle for watercolour painting: 8 tips to help you use your new best friend
A fine mist, spritzer or spray bottle should be in every watercolour artist's kit. It is just so incredibly useful. In fact, buy ten and leave them everywhere!
Join me as we see what to look for in the bottle and eight different ways it can help you in your watercolour art. Something I didn't say in the film, is that you might want to use distilled water in the bottle to stop it getting clogged up.
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Omgosh, game changer!!!
@LizChadertonArt
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it!
I would never have guessed there were so many uses for a spray bottle. Thank you!
@LizChadertonArt
3 жыл бұрын
they are super useful!
Fantastic video! Very helpful, thank you so much for sharing!
@LizChadertonArt
Ай бұрын
You are so welcome!
Such great tips….especially for a newbie like me. Thanks so much.
@LizChadertonArt
4 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
Why haven’t I thought of using a piece of green from the garden and spray it with color!! Genius.
@LizChadertonArt
2 жыл бұрын
I gives another layer of mark and texture
Great tips Liz, thanks so much! Brilliantly insightful as ever x
@LizChadertonArt
3 жыл бұрын
Glad the tips are helpful!
Thank you for your help
@LizChadertonArt
6 ай бұрын
Happy to help
As soon as I heard about spray bottles used an old small empty perfume bottle to spray pan paints before use, thanks to your video I now know I can use them for many purposes. Thanks
@LizChadertonArt
Жыл бұрын
Such a useful piece of kit
Love your video! Thank you
@LizChadertonArt
3 ай бұрын
You are so welcome!
So glad I found your channel!
@LizChadertonArt
2 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad!
Thank you Liz for the wonderful and interesting techniques! I enjoy your videos very much!
@LizChadertonArt
2 жыл бұрын
I'm so pleased to hear that!
Love your granulating video. Your teaching is so helpful
@LizChadertonArt
3 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad!
This video is a revelation! Thank you for sharing these incredible tips.
@LizChadertonArt
2 жыл бұрын
You're so welcome!
Thank you so much for all these demos
@LizChadertonArt
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you like them!
Another wonderful tutorial Liz, many thanks. Did you get a new haircut? The layers look lovely.
@LizChadertonArt
Жыл бұрын
this is 5he old hair cut in lockdown!
Very useful tips, Liz - thank you very much.
@LizChadertonArt
3 жыл бұрын
Sorry to be so excited about a spray bottle!
I learned new uses ! Thank you so much!
@LizChadertonArt
2 жыл бұрын
You are so welcome!
Great to be reminded. Thanks for the new ideas as well. ❤
@LizChadertonArt
Жыл бұрын
You are so welcome!
I knew some of your tips but those I didn't know were lovely and I will try them out on my work. Thank you. Kathryn
@LizChadertonArt
2 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
This is definitely a wonderful video of various techniques & tips for using a water spray bottle. I am just getting the hang of using these. Although there’s a few tips here that you suggested that I didn’t know about that will be super handy & helpful for my painting! Thanks for sharing this with us!!💕😊
@LizChadertonArt
Жыл бұрын
my pleasure. Glad it was useful.
Thank you so much for this! I've had spray bottles, but never really known what to do with them other than wet my paints, paper, and cause uncontrolled havoc on my painting. Can't wait to try your suggestions now!
@LizChadertonArt
3 жыл бұрын
Excellent. I must say, I am a fan of havoc!
Very helpful, thank you! I will definitely try some of these tips 😊
@LizChadertonArt
2 жыл бұрын
So glad!
Brilliant ideas, Liz! Thank you😊
@LizChadertonArt
Жыл бұрын
Glad you like them!
You have some brilliant videos. I am so glad I found you!
@LizChadertonArt
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you. I enjoy making them.
Again thank you Liz.
@LizChadertonArt
Жыл бұрын
Any time!
Wow!! Excellent!!!🌹🌹
@LizChadertonArt
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it
Stencil idea was super cool
@LizChadertonArt
Жыл бұрын
glad you liked it!
Great tips! Thank you 🙏 just learning
@LizChadertonArt
2 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
Just found you! Thank you for this-lots of new things to try, which encouraged me to subscribe.
@LizChadertonArt
2 жыл бұрын
Welcome!!
Thanks Liz, great tips as always. x
@LizChadertonArt
3 жыл бұрын
Pleased to hear that. Did you like my thumbnail picture? Made me laugh anyway....
@janeharrison3151
3 жыл бұрын
@@LizChadertonArt 🥰
Liz, it’s amazing! I love those structures you created. The shape of dill, and the dramatic sky, wow!!! I was looking for a way to make those effects, but had no idea 🤷♀️ Especially the accidental that develop when sprayed in wet paint. I was looking for such an effect, I know there are supergranulating colours but won’t use them because they are preserved with biocides. Salt sadly is not possible because Ultramarine, my only blue, reacts with acid… thank you 👍🏻💐
@LizChadertonArt
2 жыл бұрын
glad it was helpful 😊
I like the sprays for the face misting... my rosewater ones are a fine midst perfect for my use...
@LizChadertonArt
Жыл бұрын
Sounds good 😌
Please make sure the paint isn't toxic before spraying. Certain paints going airborne can be very bad for your health. Cadmiums especially. Great ideas, and I quite liked the furry caterpillars! 😀
@LizChadertonArt
2 жыл бұрын
that’s a very good point. on the plus side, even a fine spray are large droplets (relative to an aerosol), so they will not hang in the air. but yes, please be careful.
So a little paint straight out of the tube plus water for the spray bottle? Darker value add more paint lighter value more water ? Maybe just need to experiment to get the right ratio.
@LizChadertonArt
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, just spray on a scrap of paper to check on the strength. And you can put multiple layers on if you like too.
Thank you
@LizChadertonArt
Ай бұрын
You're welcome
Great info for us! Love your channel. I did have to chuckle though. My OCD "matchey-matchey self whispered that the green top should be on the bottle with green paint in it. LOL! (I often have to tell my OCD self to hush!) 😆 Hugz, Tree
@LizChadertonArt
2 жыл бұрын
oh no! I am so not matchy-matchy! I will drive you nuts. I do like a good pattern though 😁. glad you’re enjoying the channel.
@GodzHarleyGirlStudio
2 жыл бұрын
@Liz Chaderton LOL! It's ok. This is just another opportunity to practice telling it to hush up! It's definitely not your fault, LOL! Ya don't have to be matchey-matchey. I had a hard time with it on your coffee video's though. 😂🤣😅
@LizChadertonArt
2 жыл бұрын
@@GodzHarleyGirlStudio yes, you would have!
Thank you so much! I never thought about filling them with paint😊 do you clean the bottle afterward or do you have to throw it away? I'd like to know before I try it because it's an exciting idea
@LizChadertonArt
2 жыл бұрын
clean it, for sure. I hate throwing anything away!
Great video!!! Thanks for sharing this. How do you get the paint into the bottle though? I can’t figure out how you did this. 😊 thanks
@LizChadertonArt
Жыл бұрын
if you use tubes, take the top off and squeeze in the paint. if you use pans, load your brush and put it in the bottle. Dilute to required tone.
Grateful new subscriber
@LizChadertonArt
2 жыл бұрын
Welcome aboard!
So helpful! Thank you! One question or two…is there a quicker way to discover the blobbing kind of spray from the more even spray without filling each with paint and testing them? Do you fill them with liquid watercolors or water down a big portion from a tube and pour it into them? It would seem the paint would have to be very watery to go through the sprayer.
@LizChadertonArt
2 жыл бұрын
Sorry, no way of knowing without a little test. Just put water in and it is really obvious. Yes the paint is watery in the bottle, so I put in a little water and a small squeeze of colour, give it a shake and check I am happy with how strong the colour is. It doesn't take much colour.
@susanshisler7074
Жыл бұрын
I took two sheets of plain paper and two different water bottles, and sprayed a sample of plain water onto each sheet. Then I held the sheet under the light (lights under the kitchen cabinets) and I could tell how blobby or fine the spritzing was. Distance from the paper would also matter, I think. Good luck!
My watercolor palette is like jelly right now- What do I do
@LizChadertonArt
6 ай бұрын
Just leave it open and it will dry out. Go easy on the spraying 😊
But, HOW did you make the spray??
@LizChadertonArt
6 ай бұрын
I'm sorry, I don't understand your question?