Re constraining edges: 1. Define wet edge using a damp, not dripping wet, brush. 2. Add puddle of water well away from that defined damp edge. 3. Gently entice wet to meet damp. Note: if damp border not wide enough, puddle will flow into and over it. 4. Pour colour into the puddle of water. It will spread out fast in puddle, slowing down when it reaches damp border. 5. If you time everything correctly, and don’t add excess water that spreads over painted boundary, your pigment will slow down as capillary action diminishes, seeping up to that defined edge but not across it. Good luck.

@ScottSwinson

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Val! Thanks for the info! That would create some soft edges but as you said it would also be contained! 👍

This made me cry, you take the time to really enjoy what you’re doing. I’m often very impatient when I do my art . This was very relaxing to watch and very beautiful. Thank you .

@ScottSwinson

2 жыл бұрын

I’m really glad you liked it!!! 👍👍🙏🙏🙏

Abstract water painting- very, very different from anything else. To me, water colors are a challenge, so when something like this comes along, it gets my attention. Really cool.

@ScottSwinson

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Remmy! Yes pretty different and obviously people seem to like this interesting experiment of mine! I should do a few more.....

@barbhauxwell9863

Жыл бұрын

@@ScottSwinson Yes please do. I love watching your work.

I love adding Japanese gold or silver watercolor to by abstracts. The paint chases the color out in the coolest ways. I’ll do a video of it.

@ScottSwinson

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds interesting Jacqueline! What brand is that? Thanks for watching! 👍🙏

@mlstar1695

2 жыл бұрын

You guys make it look so easy and Beautiful 😍✨💕

@mlstar1695

2 жыл бұрын

Yes what brand

This is amazing. I'm a portrait artist but looking to get into abstracts purely for my own enjoyment and relaxation. Glad I watched this!

@ScottSwinson

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Paula! Glad you liked it! I do love abstraction too and would love to explore it more! Good luck! Always good to paint for enjoyment!

Scott you’ve given me some great ideas here. I want to do a large scale gum tree flower or flowers doing something like this but I will put water on first to guide the shape, then pour the paint in or use a pipette to apply colors , and use a pipette of water to drag out the stamens and guide the flow

@ScottSwinson

3 жыл бұрын

sounds great! would love to see the result! tag or hashtag on instagram "scottswinson" and I'll check it out! Good luck! 👍

Gorgeous. Love it! Hope you’ll do some more experiments!

@ScottSwinson

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Kim, yes I should do some more experiments! Will of course film it when I do and share! 👍🙏

beautiful painting, i like how you create this movement !

@ScottSwinson

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Olga! 👍 it was fun and interesting! 👍

Love this idea, and the textures are beautiful. I’ll definitely try this 👍👍👍

@ScottSwinson

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks a Katherine. I know some people might not be very interested in this but it is good to see how watercolour behaves on a large scale because it is doing the same thing on a small scale during any painting! Have fun! 👍🙏

This was awesome. Thank you for getting right into it!

@ScottSwinson

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it! Cool experiment! 👍

As an almost complete amateur I was wondering if masking fluid would control the edges that concerned you. I love what you are aiming to achieve. I may try this myself as water colour is so fascinating and the aim must be not to fear it.

Thank you Scott for sharing this gorgeous experience, breathtaking and so interesting to see the result of the water’s spirit... 💦 I am waiting forward for the next... 🕊 😇 💕

@ScottSwinson

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Celeste! Just found this comment in "likely spam" for some reason! Thanks for watching! This was from 2 weeks ago!

I've seen rubber cement with a brush used to delineate and save white areas...paint it on, then remove and Voila! Love this piece..it's alive! More please.

@ScottSwinson

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Elle Elle, sounds pretty interesting!! Will have to try that! 👍👍

Realism is what's inside the artist, Abstract is what's inside the observer.

@ScottSwinson

3 жыл бұрын

You're getting pretty deep there JO'B! That's a cab sav conversation!

Excellent Work!! Thanks for sharing.

@ScottSwinson

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Brian, no worries! Glad you liked the random experiment! 👍

Great to see you work! Exploring the ideas as the paint moves in the water. A small observation...I enjoyed not having to listen to a bouncy music backing track 😊... no distractions.

@ScottSwinson

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Marianne! Yes I have less music in my videos these days! Cheers Scott

Beautiful experiment. You could use rubber cement as a resist. Simply rub it off after it’s dry. Also hot glue works as well.

@ScottSwinson

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Trina, sounds like a good idea! Thanks for the suggestion! 👍

What an experience. THANKYOU

@ScottSwinson

2 жыл бұрын

No worries Karol! 👍

I L9VE this! I bet I am going to make a huge mess but I can't resist. Must try, going to add some silver or gold to it as well.

@ScottSwinson

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a plan! Have fun! 👍

you have no fear. love it

Me I apply dry paint to the paper or paint from a dispenser pen to the paper. Then I add water. Water only the remaining white paper almost. The effect is to create that color gradient I spoke of when water is controlled correctly. I like to follow up with splatter or some chalk dust to further the realism effect. Let the water and the paint paint itself, not you. Thats most of my technique. Took years.

This is cool. I just got into watercolour and abstracts. I can't draw for sh*t which is why I prefer abstracts

@ScottSwinson

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Nadia! Yes abstraction is cool! You should check out mao lizzy. He does amazing abstracts! Good luck! 👍

Hi Scott! try rubber cement or a bit of white wax crayon to block the water color pigment.

@ScottSwinson

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Marlene! Thanks! good ideas! I need to start experimenting again! I'm missing those days at the moment!

I think it’s fine now as a finished piece but if you wanted to burn Umber it up, that would be great too. I’m new to your channel. I love your content. I’m gonna be a Patreon subscriber here very soon thank you so much for your artwork and your overall being you seem like a pretty cool guy thanks again.

I love all of your work ❤

I like it. I am going to try pouring.

@ScottSwinson

3 жыл бұрын

Go for it Amy! 👍👍👍

Hi Scott, it’s more than a year since you did this but only just discovered it! I wondered if you’d experimented with Yupo before? I’m into abstract watercolours too. You may not want to go in this direction but obviously the Yupo won’t absorb the water/pigment so will contain the fluid with a hard edge and allow diffusion of the pigment within the water boundary, if that makes sense! You get interesting textures and can layer on top too and it creates beautiful glazes. The advantage of Yupo is you can wipe any experiments off the sheet and re-use. Jill 🇬🇧

@ScottSwinson

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Jill! Thanks for the advice! I have never used Yupo! I have heard people talk about it a lot. I’ll have to give it a go at some stage! Thanks. Cheers Scott. 🙏👍

Well Chris, my mate seems to be out at this time ;) Well done Scott love this!

@ScottSwinson

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Larga! Thanks! Lol👍🙏

Paint your edge with clean water first, you can blot the excess water away. Then move the paint into the area. The dry/wet edge will stay sharp.

@ScottSwinson

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Lady Luck! I will have to give that a try! Cheers Scott

How fun!

@ScottSwinson

3 жыл бұрын

I know! 👍

I too love the beautiful abstract marks that watercolor makes. I wet down the back of my paper really well so it sticks to the board, this can help with the buckling.

@ScottSwinson

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Debra, that’s a good idea. Almost would not need sticking down till you wanted to dry it! Thanks for watching! 👍👍

If your paper holds just the right amount of water, then the paint brush stroke is preserved as expression, and even more moisture control lets the paint spread its gradient of color for realism and intrigue. It’s half my personally developed technique. Note, measurement shows that one drop of water will cover one square inch of paper. Helps no know. Love this stuff. art is shapes and colors so you evaluate.

Well, it’s different, interesting and thought provoking. Perhaps marking a boundary using wax?

@ScottSwinson

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Andrew! Yes that round be interesting to try! Thanks! 👍🙏

i think the way to get that hard edge is to add more water. if i look at where the "lake" was it has a very nice hard edge. where as the edge you dont like so much is where there was less water and maybe a bit of spraying?? this is definitely worth exploration! thanks scott.

@ScottSwinson

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jayne, yes I’ve got some more exploring to do there! Good ideas! 👍🙏

Cool experiment, love the strong pigment and texture. if you rotate it to portrait orientation, I can see half of face 😊

@yutwert2474

3 жыл бұрын

Do you mind making video on how you dilute paint?

@ScottSwinson

3 жыл бұрын

Hi yu, yes I can see that face! And yes of course I can do a video on how I mix my paints. Thanks for watching! 👍🙏

Hi Scott, a friend recommended me to look at your videos. I've read your dads book paint like Turner.

@ScottSwinson

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Leila! Thanks for joining me here on the channel! And I"m glad you've read the book How to Paint Like Turner! It is not by my dad but by my mentor and friend Tony Smibert! It's good you have one of his books! You should see if you can get any of his others! The links are in the description of my last few videos! Cheers Scott

So much paint D: Lol I'd have to start making my own watercolors or I'd go broke trying this. Also, I have no idea what constitutes 'good' abstract art, but it looks cool to me.

@ScottSwinson

3 жыл бұрын

I know pretty crazy amount of watercolour! lol Thanks! Glad you liked it! Cheers Scott

Hermoso trabajo

@ScottSwinson

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Sonia! I do love abstracts! Cheers scott

An amazing technique, Scott, with beautiful results. Incredible to watch how the paint reacts to the water creating those amazing shapes. I would find it helpful to have some preliminary info in advance such as the weight of the paper, whether it is sprayed ahead (does not appear to be) and the name of the Chinese artist who you refer to. Thanks.

@karinegasparyan4843

7 ай бұрын

Please let us know what paper did you use?

Hi thanks this made my day

@ScottSwinson

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it Wendy! It was just an experiment that people seem to enjoy watching! Cheers Scott

Lovely

@ScottSwinson

2 жыл бұрын

It’s interesting hey? 👍

Love your painting. You should take a look at the work of watercolorist Naomi Andree Campbell ( not the model) BTW you used a LOT of water! Less might be more when it comes to the water. Also, have you tried granulation medium? Interesting stuff

super!

@ScottSwinson

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! 🙏

Love it. I use a drinking straw to move water

I didn't know others were using this method as well!!! It's like paintint with water. I love it. maybe a stupid question but what kind of paper do you use? and you don't find that it ruins the paper with all the water?

@ScottSwinson

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Matilde! I use rives bfk etching paper. But I am sure you could use many different papers. Arches cold pressed medium would work well and cope with the water better! 👍

Beautiful! Thank you for sharing your art! Is Mao Lizi using watercolors too ore oils with some kind of medium?

@ScottSwinson

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Aida! He uses oil paints on canvas. 👍👍

@aidaramazanova8025

2 жыл бұрын

@@ScottSwinson thank you! ❤️🙏🏻

@ScottSwinson

2 жыл бұрын

@@aidaramazanova8025 no worries!

Ooo...what fun and it looks fabulous! Did you ever add more colours or layers to it Scott? 🎨

@ScottSwinson

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Mary! Thanks! I have not added any other layers to it to be honest! I have a tendency to move onto the next thing I am working on a bit! I will be returning to this over the next few months buy maybe using acrylics or oils. cheers Scott

@MaryOBrienaus

3 жыл бұрын

@@ScottSwinson great...look forward to it!

Super fantastičan fluid pozdrav iz Zagteba

@ScottSwinson

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Cvetanka!! Glad you liked it! 👍👍

I've never tried dripping or more so, pouring the same pigment in different intensities upon the same paper to garner a layering effect. A little similar though. Intriguing. I'd love to use larger dimensions of paper but can't afford them. I love splayed brushes...fan like. Appealing. Looking for a style that resonates in my head. A gentle wash. Suggestions. I love to splatter and pound the paper with a trowel or a putty knife also. Cutting paper with an Exacto knife to create shapes that com- plements color. Raise partially cut geometric shapes, paint them, then raise them up in 3-D style like corn. Smearing layers of colors to create a mosaic. Too much water on the paper. But a pleasant separation. Hard to gauge. Here's some ideas...use a fine strainer or a spray bottle filled with pigment to disperse paint. Or, a toilet brush. Whack away, baby! HA! Colorado.

Hi Scott! Have you tried Dr. Ph. Martin's Frisket Mask Liquid to resist certain areas? I like experimenting with watercolor pours and with acrylic inks on synthetic paper. It's an amazing and fun effect. Just letting the water and pigment do what it does best. Enjoy your channel very much! Keep up the beautiful work!

Try using one of daniel smith strong yellow pushes other pigments away

Try making wet and dry spots on the paper , then pour colour only into de wet. To see the wet spots maybe very little colour into the water ... ?

@ScottSwinson

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Batia! 👍

I think containing pour of paint into water with a clean edge is successful relative to the amount of time the water has sat on the page. I usually paint a shape that I want on the page with water, then add liquid Hydrus Payne's grey by dropper into the water shape. There is very little ability to control the outcome. Which is what keeps me coming back for more. LOL

@shannonw6604

2 жыл бұрын

Also, if I get a shape I like but there is too much water in it, I use a plastic dropper to draw water back out, if that makes sense.

@ScottSwinson

2 жыл бұрын

Hi again! Sounds like a good process. If you want to see the oil paintings I was trying to emulate check out Mao Lizi. Chinese abstract painter! Thanks for the input! 👍👍

I hope you didn’t change anything..I was surprised at how much I liked it!

@ScottSwinson

2 жыл бұрын

I have not changed it! I am surprised too! I thought it was just an interesting experiment but it is actually a pretty cool painting in its own right.

How does that image relate to the foreground and background? Right at the moment, it looks as if is floating in space. What are you trying to express or is it about pouring water on paper?

@ScottSwinson

3 жыл бұрын

Hi RM! It was just an experiment to see if I could get an effect in watercolour similar to mao lizzi. Chinese painter. He does huge abstracts on canvas! Cheers Scott

❤

how do you keep your paper from curling up with all the water. I always tend to have that problem no matter if I tape it down or not.

hi!! i’ve been studying and thinking of ways to do this… have some premix paint in bowls … have some dollops of three to four colors placed on a flat palette… gets a credit card and a spray bottle with a one line direct spray… and a roll of paper towels … perhaps try this: tape the paper to a board only taping the top…. pre-wet the top and bottom leaving a band of dry near the middle… …you can pick up dollops of dry water color on a credit card and squish it on the wet water line and try and smear it out thin… it may take two three dollop tries depending in the size of your paper … you can start to play with moving the paint around… use the straight line sprayer on the thicker dollops of paint… … if things begin to wash out dip a big thirsty brush in the bowls of paint … tilting your paper and board as you please … repeat for the bottom half … idk i would love to see you try… but its going to be a lot of water and paint everywhere lol…… thanks for sharing

@ScottSwinson

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Stone Creek! I have seen a lady on KZread paint in a similar way to the way you are describing! I have never done that! I will happily give it a try. I did love the paintings she produced! Thanks for the input! This is what makes watercolour a really fun medium! Should I call you something different than stone creek? Thanks for watching! 👍🙏

@stonecreek7764

4 жыл бұрын

ok hmm how about a simple version … because i like the bowls of paint you have… just tape it to the board like before … use your bowls of premixed paint and use a syringe of paint from the bowl to have a little more control… perhaps wet the paper randomly to see what happens … then tilt and turn… maybe use a water syringe too to add water if needed?

@ScottSwinson

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds good. I think I’ll do both! It’s all learning and experimenting! Thanks! 👍

@stonecreek7764

4 жыл бұрын

Scott Swinson i cant wait to see it all in action!!

@JacquelineJax

4 жыл бұрын

stone creek I keep getting warps that cause pooling, how did that not happen here??

Hola Veo un Medio Rostro de una mujer Dormida el Pelo asia atras En Medio Una Corona de 4 Picos en el Lado dercho un hombre Tocando una Gitarra de espaldas Buen Trabajo Scott. in Inglish I see have face of Woman Sleeping Her Hair to the back in the middle a Crown with 4 stiscs At the Right a Man playing the guitar from the back Good Work Scott .and Tanks

How do you prepare the paper so it doesn't become wavy and starts to create little "rivers" that all the color runs into? Is there a good tip for this amount of water?

Hi Chris definitely think that you need to stretch your paper onto a board with tape so that you can easily move the paint yourself -and a spray bottle will be an enormous help in getting your watercolour to take a little direction from you- And although i very much like the idea of letting the watercolour paint itself, I think a little guidance is usually of benefit .. have fun

@ScottSwinson

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Wendy, yes I should have stretched it! I was just experimenting and seeing what happened. I sometimes like to do things without too much of a plan. Thanks for watching and happy painting. Cheers Scott

I'll like to know which watercolor paints you are using? Are they regular watercolors or fluid watercolors? I'm an abstract watercolour painter, but I haven't tried this technique with large amounts of water.

@ScottSwinson

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Liliana, I am using winsor and newton artist quality watercolour tubes watered down to be very liquid. Cheers Scott

@lilianajanethdavila9260

3 жыл бұрын

@@ScottSwinson Thanks Scott. I use Daniel Smith Watercolours on Arches 140 lbs. I have never used that much water because I fear It'll be too wet for the paper, but II will have to try this. Thank you again for your great videos!

@ScottSwinson

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Liliana! Yes it can be hard to manage the amount of water on the page. 👍👍

try with salt wather , paint the detail with salt warter and pensel.

@ScottSwinson

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Lola, good suggestion. I was kind of hoping the drying process might lead to the small cracks you see in mao lizi paintings! 👍🙏

7:34 Knowing very little about physics, and even less about art and watercolour, I would guess it's because the paper is already too saturated with water to absorb the waterfilled paint.

Scott, I aam only just seeing this now and don't know if you have given up on trying out this technique. It seems to me that an awful lot of what happens here is down to where you add water after you have poured the paint. For instance, if you did as you suggested and wet the entire sheet before your poured I think you would get that 'furry' edge you are looking for without runbacks. Adding extra water that is going in random directions is cool but does not dry out the way you want it to. I spent a good deal of time working with fluid acrylics and a major part of that is being able to tilt the canvas or page in your case so it needs to be on a board so you can pick it up and have some control over the direction in which the paint flows. Perhaps having a slightly greater water to paint ratio to create greater contrast would be nice but I really love your end result here and would not add anything to it. I can't believe I have the brass neck to offer advice to Scott Swinson 🤣.

@ScottSwinson

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the advice! You are always welcome to give advice! It is all about experimenting and if I had figured out exactly what I would like to do then I would not have made the video or be asking questions. It is worth trying what you suggested I agree. Have a look at the work of Mao Lizi! Chinese artist. His huge abstracts are what I was trying to emulate on a smaller scale with watercolour. He does it with oils on canvas. I really love his level of detail in the colours and I am not sure how he creates the marks that are within the paint that look like they might be like fissures? Have a look and get back to me with any other advice you might have having looked at the images of his paintings! Thanks again for contributing I really appreciate it! Cheers Scott

@dearbh1736

3 жыл бұрын

@@ScottSwinson Ah yes. I see what you are trying to emulate and actually having looked at the art of Mao Lizi, you did a very good job for a first attempt, and in watercolour!!! I would have no clue how this man achieves this effect with oils. There is an almost ethereal effect to some and in others it looks like something from the ocean like a huge jelly fish. The very large size canvasses he works with lend themselves also to the freedom he needs to allow the process to happen with some element of randomness I imagine. I can see why this caught your eye. It is really amazing art and he is a unique and wonderful artist. I foresee myself ruining paper and canvas in an effort to create something like this. Oh but how does he create those incredible 'veins'. It must have to do with an additive to the paint like Liquin or something and a speeding up or slowing down of drying time? No? You have me hooked now 😂.

What kind of paper are you using?

This was fascinating! I’v never done anything like this, but I’d like to try it using three intensities of Chinese ink, and maybe a dab of colour when it’s all dry. I enjoy your spirit of adventure. I’ve subscribed. Cheers!

@ScottSwinson

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Heather! Glad you liked it! It is always cool to just experiment and see what comes from it. I would love to see what you produce. Feel free to tag me on a facebook or instagram post and I'll check it out! Cheers Scott

@heatherstubbs6646

3 жыл бұрын

@@ScottSwinson Hi Scott. My first experiment - on 9 x 12 paper - wasn’t wildly successful, but now I have a better idea of how the ink behaves. I’ll keep trying, and if I end up with something halfway decent, I’ll tag you.

@ScottSwinson

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds good! Look forward to seeing the results!! 👍

To purchase that paper can you just buy one sheet or does it come in a book???

@ScottSwinson

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Reviews Matter. Yes you can but a single sheet of this paper from many local art stores. It just costs much more if you buy single sheets vs 50 sheets at a time. Hope that helps. cheers Scott

I use a straw and blow to get spurts

What about using a wax resist on the edges?

@ScottSwinson

3 жыл бұрын

I will try that at some stage! Thanks! 👍

Try putring salt on the paint after poring

@ScottSwinson

Жыл бұрын

Yes that would create some great textures! 👍👍

This would make a lovely background for gestural calligraphy. When you had the big puddle I was itching to suck some it out with a pipette. It could then be reused. By the way, ink is also a great medium for this process, although it doesn’t tend to be lightfast. Some inks have amazing chromatography. Check out the work of Nick Stewart.

I adore Payne's Grey. I don't buy the color because I love mixing colors to get it. It's my favorite color for a night sky. PS Where are you 'cause you sound Australian. I'm in Canada 🇨🇦

@ScottSwinson

2 жыл бұрын

Hi May Loo! Yes I'm in Australia in Sydney. How do you mix paynes grey? sounds interesting and you could make it a bit more interesting that way. Cheers Scott

@mayloo2137

2 жыл бұрын

@@ScottSwinson Black, dark blue, with a little white mixed in. I was in an art program where we were encouraged to mix colors because we were given a limited palette. I already have all three colors, so it made sense to me to mix them for PG rather than buying the color separately.

@ScottSwinson

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds good! 👍 might have to try that! 👍

Leave it as is and call it "Cat fight".

´Est différent mais c’est beau

how about wax to contain the flow?

That is gnarly, Scott! The view from the side, at about 7:30 is amazing! The water is puddled up to an impressive height, gotta be at least 3-4 mm above the paper surface near the upper right corner. Quite a lot of surface tension in that end of the puddle! I love those wiped textures you created in the upper right. They look like a close up of a flower petal. The artist you mention is this guy, right? kzread.info/dash/bejne/lax-mdawdZDPn5M.html. some of his large scale abstract also have a floral quality to them. I bet with some pre-planning, you could marry this pour approach to your well-developed abstract landscape ideas!

Hi Scott, thanks for sharing 😁👍 I actually love the backruns 😉 could you please tell me the name of the Chinese artist you mentioned at the start? I couldn't quite catch it!🙏🤔 kindest regards, Mary from Brisbane. Oh don't worry, I just found the answer below... Mao Lizi 👍😎 also have a look at Michelle Kral's Chanel for ideas/techniques if you haven't already

@ScottSwinson

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Mary! Thanks will check her out! You should look at Mao Liz I’d work amazing!!! 👍

@ethicsexistentialism4191

3 жыл бұрын

@@ScottSwinson actually sorry, not Michelle... I was confusing her with Karen Rice, and also Lena Gemzøe does some interesting work😉👍 Though neither are actually as good as yours in my opinion but may still give you ideas :) I checked out Mao's work... yes AMAZING/beautiful, despite appearing so simplistic... that's half the battle... beautiful and effective expression in simplistic manner :) You do it very well too.

@ScottSwinson

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mary! Yes Mao Lizi’s work is amazing and thanks for the kind words! Glad you like my work! Happy painting! 👍👍🔥🙏

Dont know why I was very nervous till the very end

Who was the artist mentioned at the start Scott? Link to works? Thank you

@ScottSwinson

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Brice, the artist is Mao Lizi a Chinese artist who produces amazing large scale abstract oils on canvas! Just do a google search! 👍

@Kathydieting

Жыл бұрын

Hello How are you doing today?

what paper did you use?

@ScottSwinson

3 жыл бұрын

I used rives bfk etching paper. 280 gsm white 56cm x 76cm 👍

@jadorebeauty203

3 жыл бұрын

@@ScottSwinson thank you!

@ScottSwinson

3 жыл бұрын

No worries! 👍

Mao Lze? How do you spell? Want to look up his work too.

@ScottSwinson

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Lisa, you spell his name Mao Lizi. Link below to a gallery with some images. Pretty cool oils on canvas! Really amazing would love to see them in person! Thanks for watching! Cheers scott www.agora-gallery.com/artistpage/Mao_Lizi.aspx

The initial shape looked like a baby dragon, it just needed two wings..😁😁

Scott this is awesome! What paper is it on?

@ScottSwinson

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Julian, it was on Somerset 300gsm paper but you could probably do it on any 300gsm watercolour paper. Thanks for watching!

@juliancasey3252

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome. Did you pre wet the paper? How did you stop it from buckling with so much water?

@ScottSwinson

4 жыл бұрын

@@juliancasey3252 Hi Julian, I didn't wet the paper first that is why it had such hard edges and sat on top of the paper for so long. It did buckle and that is why it move the pigment in unusual ways. I think if I was doing something like that again I would pre-stretch it so it didn't buckle or like you mentioned wet the whole thing front and back and then lay it down on the board saturated. Let me know if you discover something interesting! thanks scott

@juliancasey3252

4 жыл бұрын

Ahhh I see. I did it with Cold Pressed Canson 300gsm and buckled too 😕. I am thinking pre stretching first and tape. Or going to a 400GSM paper.. I’ll let you knw

@ScottSwinson

4 жыл бұрын

@@juliancasey3252 sounds good! My next experiment will be to buy a roll of watercolour paper then attach to an existing canvas (280cm x 80cm) when completely wet and paint on a large scale then seal with multiple layers of spray varnish (satin or matt). Will have to see how it goes and I get a bit sick thinking about how much watercolour it will take and it may not work at all but I really want to paint on a bigger scale but so far I don't seem to be able to paint on watercolour canvas in the same way as paper!? Any suggestions welcome!

face of Queen Boadicea

@ScottSwinson

2 жыл бұрын

Nice interpretation! 👍👍

I liked the other videos but I could not get anything usable in this demo. It is not clear what you as an artist did and what is artistic about the result. What did you do to create aesthetic outcome and what did you do to prevent just random flow of paint. Sorry if this offends you.

@ScottSwinson

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Putcha. No worries. I was trying to see if watercolour could produce marks or patterns that emulated in any way Mao Lizi’s huge oil abstracts! You should check them out! 👍👍

@putchanarasimham3013

2 жыл бұрын

@@ScottSwinson Very sportive and positive. I remember admiring Mao Lizi's abstracts. I particularly liked the wide variation of blues and particularly the streaks of white on dark blue background. In fact that's what attracted me to your specific "Blue Indigo" abstract pouring. As I said I wanted more instructions on how you manipulate the pouring and tilting to heighten the aesthetic appeal of your pouring.

@Kathydieting

Жыл бұрын

Hello How are you doing today?

Wouldn't masking fluid work?

hi again!! i left a reply to your comment to my comment lol …… you can call me stone for short lol

@ScottSwinson

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Stone!

I see a face and a headless person in the place you mopped up

@ScottSwinson

3 жыл бұрын

Got to love that process of seeing things in the painting! 👍👍🙏