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Doug Cushman - Watercolorist
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Watercolour Painting Technique Series. Tips on all aspects of the art of Watercolour from Artist Doug Cushman.
Watercolor Techniques EPISODE 05 - en plein air Painting
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In this fifth and final episode of his 'Watercolor Techniques' series, artist Doug Cushman demonstrates his technique for painting outdoors (or 'en plein air'). Doug shows us what to pack for a water-colour excursion, he then takes us to the breath-taking Château de Chantilly north of Paris for some beautiful en plein air painting.
Doug Cushman is an award-winning American painter/illustrator/author who resides in Paris, France.
In this fifth and final episode of his 'Watercolor Techniques' series, artist Doug Cushman demonstrates his technique for painting outdoors (or 'en plein air'). Doug shows us what to pack for a water-colour excursion, he then takes us to the breath-taking Château de Chantilly north of Paris for some beautiful en plein air painting.
Doug Cushman is an award-winning American painter/illustrator/author who resides in Paris, France.
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Watercolor Techniques EPISODE 04 - Painting A Portrait
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dougcushman.com In this fourth episode of his 'Watercolor Techniques' series, artist Doug Cushman demonstrate his technique for painting a portrait from a live-model. Emphasis on getting the 'drawing' down and methods for applying water-colour paint is explained. Doug Cushman is an award-winning American painter/illustrator/author who resides in Paris, France.
Watercolor Techniques EPISODE 03 - Painting From A Photograph
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dougcushman.com In this third episode of his 'Watercolor Techniques' series, artist Doug Cushman demonstrate his technique for painting from a photograph. Emphasis on getting the 'drawing' down and methods for applying water-colour paint is explained. Doug works from two photographs taken by French photographer Eugéne Atget. Doug Cushman is an award-winning American painter/illustrator/author w...
Watercolor Techniques EPISODE 02 - Tools
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dougcushman.com In this second episode of his 'Watercolor Techniques' series, artist Doug Cushman discusses and demonstrates the tools of water-colour painting. Pencils, Brushes, Palettes & Paints are covered. Doug Cushman is an award-winning American painter/illustrator/author who resides in Paris, France.
Watercolor Techniques EPISODE 01 - Paper Preparation
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dougcushman.com In this first episode of his 'Watercolor Techniques' series, artist Doug Cushman demonstrates two methods of preparing Watercolour paper. The first is from a 'BLOC', which includes the removal of the excess glue inherit to BLOC WC paper. The second demonstration is the use of single sheet WC paper. Doug Cushman is an award-winning American painter/illustrator/author who resides ...
What weight paper in the 2nd part of the demo did you use? 300 lb!
Charles Raid influence but nice
That was pretty bad.
Lovely work. I hope you could create more content.
Great tips thanks!
Great tips, what kind of tape is that?
He doesn't wet the paper prior to taping it down. Doesn't it buckle after wetting? Maybe the amount of water he adds isn't really enough to buckle it. This is different from most other videos on paper preparation which is usually wetting the paper, letting it expand with the water, then fastening it and letting it dry, thereby stretching it. This is logical to me because you can then use a lot more water when painting without the paper buckling.
I love the imperfection of watercolour. It looks like that you are looking at reflections inside the water.
Is it not cheaper to buy a pad or loose sheets instead of separating sheets from a block?
hmm, has some artistyc feeling to it, but it rather looks like an unfinished painting -- OILs are better
When painter talking all. The time its mean painting get flat tire,
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MERCI QUEL EST LE SUPPORT POUR POSER LE PAPIER BOIS? ISOREL? CARTON ?CARTON MOUSSE ? tanya.collagiste-odexpo.com
What kind of plywood? Does it need to be treated? And what thickness of wstercolor paper are we talking here ?
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What a cartoon u have painted... I think u have just wasted ur model precious time.. Its the right critic in my opinion..
Excellent work!
THats what I dont like about arches., too much sizing. Wiping some of the sizing off to start is a hassle. Solution.. Fabriano.
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Lovely but not easy that is very difficulty
that's sublime doug and that what watercolour artist strive for love it man
CAN YOU JUST HELP ME SUGGEST FEW FIRST TIME ATTEMPTS IN COLOUR SELECTION AND OTHER METHODS
I loved that, it was amazing!
my name is vmg i like your painting
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I use to only draw with a pen for a long time (20 years ago before videos). I agree it makes you draw a LOT better.
Why would someone buy an $80 block of paper just to take it off the block and tape it down? How does he think clips will hold the paper from buckling unless you just use dry brush for the whole painting? This is like twilight zone paper preparation. If you have a hard time getting your tape to stick, just use masking tape and be careful not to get the very edge wet on tape side of paper when when brush water on both sides of my paper to stretch.
I use a tackle box for the tubes of paint, and other supplies. Also I use the blue painters tape, it works so much better than masking tape.
I have tried.. gumtape, endlessly. makes a mess. tried using less water on the tape. more water on the tape. applying with a sponge, dabbing to not take off the gum, dipping the tape, changing the brand of the tape, soaking the paper for longer, drying with a hairdryer, drying flat, drying at an angle, air drying, nothing works. I have tried brown framers tape, masking tape, staple gun. nothing works. i have tried spritzing, ironing, the lot. failure, every. single.time.
CHris Barbe
Could you elaborate please
For approx 16x20 140lb sheet (14x12 painting) this is what I do: Soak paper in clean container 3 minutes. Lay flat on a clean surface. Lightly blot the edges with paper towel. Transfer to painting board (hardboard or MDF). Now take some *good quality* duct tape and tape the edges with at least half the tape width on the paper. Press firmly on paper and board to make sure it sticks. Let it dry naturally. Now if you are painting using large washes the paper may have minor buckling but NO small cockles or divets to catch water/paint. Once dry the paper will be flat again. Also, look into Strathmore Aquarius II paper. Although this is a 80lb paper it supposedly does not buckle - I have to try it.
Thanks for your detailed advice. For the time being I've gone back to staples... I need to get on with the painting see. Too much time and money spent faffing with paper. They are a pain to pull out though.
Yes, I know what you mean. I have just watched some videos on flattening the painting paper AFTER it's finished. That's another option, too.
Wonderful video
Enjoy the info and clarity of your videos. Fabriano Artistico paper in blocks should have less sizing and thus could be carried in the field w/o streching and used on the block.
Enjoying your videos, keep going! :)
i was looking at the half french easel and there are different makes, which half french easel do you have.
what kind of field easel do you use.
May I ask what size plywood board, size of individual water color paper & weight? What size clips? Where do they sell these clips? Thank you, Jeanne
Very good. Nice production. Negative Space. Contour Drawing. I remember those from Betty Smith's 'Drawing On The Right Side Of The Brain'.
very nice !!!
Wow! Love watching you dab little shapes! Very helpful! Thanks so much, Doug!
One must move into one's own technique eventually. This technique is still undeniably owned by Charles Reid.
god I've been having SUCH a hell of a time stretching my own paper. this gum tape comes off, so does masking tape. i don't wanna paint something as huge as my board. I'm trying to do little postcards and i end up cutting so much off to get the extra tape glue off and thats on the rare occasion I'm able to get it tight enough without pulling it out from under the tape. I've tried staples, tacks, and even clips. I'm gonna buys some super heavy paper... if that doesn't work... i give up...
Try not soaking it as much as you are, it might help. Especially with the smaller postcards, I would use one staple in each corner when it's dry and then soak lightly with a sponge, let dry and then give it a try. When your painting is done, to remove the staples, use a steak knife and gently lift up from behind the paper. Sometimes you can even paint over the staple mark and keep more of your surface for mounting.
I think I'm just gonna switch to 300lb plus paper. Screw stretching it. Too much work lol
Hi Tommy--for paintings for such a small size, there's no need to stretch the paper. Just tape it to a board. I use simple masking tape, but first I lift a little lint off my shirt to take off some of the stickiness of the tape off so it doesn't harm the paper. Or, if you insist on soaking the paper, do a quick soak, dry it and then tape it. If you are using a wooden board (like an old plywood piece), maybe staples are a way to go. But take care; I recall a time in college I stapled a 1/2 sheet of Arches to a board after soaked it and was awakened by the sound of staples flying off the board because the paper shrunk VERY tight! Good Luck!
Edge-try spritzing the paper with a spray water bottle (I use an old Windex bottle, rinsed out well and filled with tap water). A quick spritz AFTER you taped it (or stapled it) is all you need. But, if that is too much of a hassle, just tape it to a board flat and go to town. A 300 lb paper is great but 140 is fine, most of my watercolors are on 140 lb. 90 can buckle with very wet washes . Good luck and thanks for asking!
Richard Reed is the master
Who is Richard Reed?
did you do wet on dry with this? or did you wet the paper?
Don't you have to stretch the paper? I use butcher tape after I soak it and it's tight like a drum.
butcher tape? can you tell me the brand please. I have tried so many ways to stretch my paper and it never works, but I've not tried butcher tape
I use the original butcher tape that meat stores wrapped meat over counter sales. The only source I know for rolls of this is from Pillar tapes in Toronto. They will ship to you.
Ok, thanks James. I might give it a go.
Thanks Doug interesting
Thanks Doug
Thank you for taking the time to make this great video. It has helped me understand alot more than i did before!
+gilbey80 Thanks Gilbey, and thanks all for your interest. I hope to get more videos up soon. Happy painting!
+Doug Cushman I Look forward to seeing some more video's from an amazing teacher. Which is hard to find these days.
Why do you bother buying a block? You should buy lose paper and mount it.
If you soak it, it takes a lot more sizing off and makes it hard to use masking tape for stretching. I was taught to soak it when I was younger but I just brush the water on both sides now and tape it down leaving tape edge dry so tape will stick.
Shouldn't we use our own photos?
+Mary Kosary Yes, I try to use only photos I've taken myself. I normally don't use photos as a general rule but when the weather is cold and windy or I just can't get outside, a photo is the next best thing. Black and white photos are best so you aren't locked in to a set color scheme.
It's a pity you stopped uploading your tips here :(