Painting layered foliage with a minimum of fuss
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- Layers of foliage are quite difficult to achieve in watercolour (watercolor), but sometimes you can suggest more by not really painting too much at all. Suggestion is the key!
This tutorial is designed for anyone from absolute beginners to someone wanting to learn new techniques.
If you have feedback, comments or suggestions for new videos please pop them in the comments section below. I also love to see the work you are doing so please feel free to share.
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My favourite supplies are Arches or Saunders Waterford rough 300GSM paper and most of my paints are Windsor & Newton artist quality.
My palette generally consists of - (all W&N unless specified) French Ultramarine, Cobalt Blue, Cerulean Blue, Cobalt Turquoise, Alizarin Crimson, Rose Madder Genuine, Cad Red Light, Schminke Cad Red Orange, Light Red, Brown Madder, Neutral Tint, Yellow Ochre, Naples Yellow, Cad Yellow Light, Indian Yellow, Diox Purple, Green Gold, Indigo, Pyrolene Green, Holbein Lavender, Art Spectrum Australian Grey, Art Spectrum White Gouache.
Depending on the subject matter I will add some other colours to my palette as needed. When I am working on flowers I add some pinks like Quin Magenta, and Purple Lake to the mix.
The brushes will soon be available on my website www.cherylbrucecreativ.com/shop as they are a bit tricky to source so I have decided to stock them myself. It is a weasel hair brush that can be widened out to a flattish tip which I find great for a range of mark making.
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One of the best foliage and edge management tutorials I've seen. Good stuff Cheryl! Will share this video in a couple places.
Thanks so much, I appreciate the shares and your kind comments. Foliage is so tricky and I know myself I can easily end up overpainting which is why I wanted to share this tutorial.
Your foliage is pretty great, too. Great demo!
Just wow
I learned more in this demo than you can imagine - so helpful, and some brilliant tips. Will definitely share this with my watercolor group. Thank you.
thank you Fiona, that is so good to hear. Please feel free to share!
Talking about the different brush motions was very helpful
thanks for letting me know that was helpful to you.
Thank you... this is so helpful. I always struggle with this and end up overworking the area.
So glad it was helpful!
So glad I discovered your tutorials. I live your style of watercolor painting.
I'm so glad! Thank you for letting me know.
Thank you so much, Cheryl. So glad I found your channel. I’m working on my first commission and there are conifers, a mountain, distant trees, shrubs and vegetation midrange and foreground. You’ve given me much more confidence as I attempt the final painting today.
Wonderful! I can't wait to hear how you go with the commission painting. That sounds like a great variety of foliage to depict in a variety of ways. Good luck
I need it. I’m on my 4th try. I’m too much of a perfectionist.
@@nkguenther1 That's why commissions are often not worth the money (unless it's a loved one) I nearly always do the painting more than once as well - so much more pressure.
Really enjoyed this. So helpful. Thank you😊
A very necessary subject. Pleased to have found an Australian artist. I did struggle with the tutorial, particuarly the various brush strokes, but feel I have a strategy now for practise. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful! I hope that you find it helps in your coming practise. Varying the way you use the brush for mark making is so important with foliage.
Lovely presentation
This was so incredibly helpful. I love that you choose to focus in on these details which, for a beginner, are hard to make sense of. I get overwhelmed by details and end up plopping large blobs of overworked colour for foliage. All of your recent videos have been so valuable. Thank you for sharing. And I’d definitely pay for a video tutorial or join your Patreon if you ever decide to do that. 😊
I am so glad to hear it was helpful! Foliage is one of the trickiest things for paint I think, for the reason you mention above - it's easy to plop blobs and over work it (or underwork it) and often the shapes made by the brush strokes are the same all over the tree/shrub. I have face to face and online classes about to start for September - the information is on my website - www.cherylbrucecreativ.com/workshop if you are interested. This block of three classes is about capturing the characteristics of flowers in a loose sketchy style. If the timezone doesn't work for you (6.30-9pm Sydney time) I send a recording out to participants.
@@cherylbrucecreativ Thanks for the information on your online class. I’ll definitely check that out.
@cherylbrucecreativ oh no I received a 404 page not found trying to use your link to lessons.
Excellent excellent. Thanks❤
It never occurred to me to use masking fluid over paint. No wonder I always struggled with foliage. Thanks for the tip
Yes! because sometimes you don't want white where you have masked. There are a few artists I have seen who do a layer of masking fluid patterning for foliage and landscapes, then pour watercolours over the sheet, then lift the first masking, and reapply a smaller area of masking, pour again, and repeat this process over and over getting smaller and smaller with the areas of masking fluid. It is really interesting.
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Great demo. Greens are so hard and yours are lively and interesting . I see that it is a lot of work and many techniques to get that much contrast and texture, but well worth it. A whole lot of excellent info in 30 minutes. Thank you, and no more sap green for me!
Thank you so much, I'm glad you got something from the video!
This was so helpful. I have really never figured this out rather i avoid. Thank you so much
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Very helpful. I've been building my ability to indicate vegetation and shrubbery, and this demo is perfect. I'm expecting this most likely took several years of practice. Bravo.
You are right - I think it does take years to master - in particular to master what to leave out! Thank you
I've struggled with trees and foliage for years and this is the most helpful and best explained videos I have seen, it's given me confidence to move on with my watercolours, thank you :)
Glad it was helpful!
Greens are my nemesis in painting! Your technique looks great, thanks for sharing.
I agree, greens and foliage in general is the hardest thing to paint.
I've been watercolor painting for a while, but still have trouble creating foliage that looks realistic enough without over working the painting. This really helped. Can you tell me about the brush you are using. Who makes it? Animal hair? Where to purchase? Thank you very much.
Hi Davey, I think foliage is the hardest thing to paint and totally understand the dilemma of overpainting! The brush is a weasel hair brush, and because it is tricky to find I am about to stock it on my website. I have just listed it for preorder and I expect to be able to supply it from mid to late July. As you can see in the demos on You Tube, it it great that you can flatten it out and use it more open for a variety of mark making. I find it so much more versatile than a round/pointy brush.
@@cherylbrucecreativ Hey, Cheryl. I checked on your web site but did not see the link for the brushes. Anyway way you cold send the exact link. I wonder if your technique would work for white able brushes. I use those often. Thanks for the information.
@@daveyJ213 www.cherylbrucecreativ.com/shop - this should bring the brush options up. As mentioned they are preorder, or just keep watch in a couple of weeks if you would rather wait until they are in stock. I am not familiar with white able brushes - do you mean sable? I don't like the chinese style brushes with the white hairs as I find they don't hold the same volume of water.
@@cherylbrucecreativ Thanks, Cheryl. Much appreciated.
Great techniques and clear instruction - thankyou so much for sharing 😊
you are a great teacher , thank you for sharing
Great demo - very informative and helpful.
fascinating tutorial thank you. Can you please tell me which paints you use and recommend?
My favourite supplies are Arches or Saunders Waterford rough 300GSM paper and most of my paints are Windsor & Newton artist quality.
My palette generally consists of - (all W&N unless specified) French Ultramarine, Cobalt Blue, Cerulean Blue, Cobalt Turquoise, Alizarin Crimson, Rose Madder Genuine, Cad Red Light, Schminke Cad Red Orange, Light Red, Brown Madder, Neutral Tint, Yellow Ochre, Naples Yellow, Cad Yellow Light, Indian Yellow, Diox Purple, Green Gold, Indigo, Pyrolene Green, Holbein Lavender, Art Spectrum Australian Grey, Art Spectrum White Gouache.
Depending on the subject matter I will add some other colours to my palette as needed. When I am working on flowers I add some pinks like Quin Magenta, and Purple Lake to the mix.
Thank you for the lovely, organic sounds of the artists studio. Thank you for saving us from distractions of unnecessary music. It’s nice to get used to quiet. It’s a joy to not need more distractions. I love to hear the organic sounds of brushes brushing, water glasses tinkling and mixing paints on fresh paper. Your voice, as well, is conducive for accessing the right brain where we create easily. Thank goodness for you. You’re a true artist and teacher.
Thank you so much for your lovely comment.
Can you identify the Kazan brush? I’d love to give it a try. Thanks
Yes I can- it is labelled Kazan by Neef and is the 1/4 size. I have the larger size as well but I don’t like it very much.
Which kind of brush are you using in this video? Natural fur/hair o synthetic? I own both, but I guess that trick that you use by pressing the tip is only possible in the natural fur/hair brushes. I own 3 watercolor natural brushes (squirrel hair), I guess I can do that trick by using these brushes.
Rafael it is a natural hair weasel brush that I use mostly. You can see when I flatten it (and s asks the way I load it) the hairs form a straight/flat edge so I like that it’s not always pointy. I find few synthetic brushes do this well. They bounce back to a point.
@@cherylbrucecreativ, thanks for your feedback.
Beautiful! But for those that can’t afford it. You can do this without masking fluid! 😉😊
Very true!
This area is strong enough to be the focal point. The buidings you had in your original picture probably had too much detail, creating a split focal point. Background details can just be suggested rather than fully rendered. Very nice work.
Good point! I think I started from the top and worked down, not expecting the foliage to be a focal point but more a lead in, but you are probably correct.
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It feels like you might only need a couple of trees and some distant hills and the picture would be complete.
It would b great to see your reference as u paint.
Chris I learnt how to add the photo reference in some of the later videos. I will start to do that more in my video editing.
Hello! Are the brushes you offer on you website the kind you are using here? Thank you!
Hi, the brushes are as close as I can get to the ones I am using in this video and the early videos. The most recent videos I am using the one that I am stocking and I use them all of the time now and find they work the same. The hair is weasel, and shaped the same, but the handle is different - it is aluminium painted to look like bamboo. You can easily splay the brush tip for different mark making like you see me do with the brush in this video.
New subscriber, this is excellent, so glad I found you 😃💖🇬🇧
Most excellent video. Thank you so much!🇨🇦
What was the brush you used that could be splayed?
Hi, the detail has been added to the descriptions. I have them available now on my website if you can't find a local stockist.
Vèry informative! Thanknyou! Can you please share what kind of brushes you use - full description of brand, shape names and types please? Would really appreciate! Thank you!
Hi Lola, The brush used to have a code of BW170 but they are hard/impossible to get now. I have sourced a different brush that works the same, but am trying to locate a few suppliers overseas for people so hang in there and I will share soon. I am also waiting on samples from a manufacturer to ensure it is the same and then I will list them on my website shop.
I love your color combo and your tricks to use a splayed brush to create various foliage. Excellent demonstration,👍🫶🏻Thank you!
Thank you! Cheers!
very very helpful thx
So glad it helped
This is fantastic. The posted link to her website doesn't work but if you go to her Instagram account you can find links to everything.
Thanks so much for your message, I'm glad you enjoyed the video. I think worked for me when I copied it out of the video description. If you are typing it maybe you added an `e' in creative instead of creativ? Thank you for letting me know though.
I’m so glad I stumbled upon this tutorial. You’re explanation and demonstration are incredibly edifying. THANK YOU
You are so welcome
Excellent tutorial! I’ve needed this, so thank you so much for your instruction and guidance!!!
Glad it was helpful!
What brush are you using please?
Loved the video. Where can I purchase the Chinese sable flat brush you areusing? Thanks
Hi Jim, I am in Australia and they became very difficult to source, but they are stocked at ArtSpace Pop Up Gallery at The Entrance, NSW Aus. Tammy can assist via email artspacepopupgallery@gmail.com. Otherwise the code I used to google loooking for them is BW170.
Immensely helpful..thanks much!
great video, thank you!
Painters rarely apply masking fluid to painted areas, and I wondered why. It seems some colors may fade underneath, but in this case, it works very well. The layers and variety of colors and textures of the grasses are beautiful!
Yes, you are right, it does fade the colour a little, but it works well if you don't want the highlights to be white. Strappy grasses are often just a light bright green so I prefer to put it over the first wash.
Thank you so much! This was so very helpful!! Greens always give me problems.
Oh I think greens are the hardest! They also give me problems
Great demonstration with a detailed description; very helpful!
Thank you so much, Cheryl!
You are so welcome!
Thanks for the most helpful tutorial I’ve seen. Your explanation of how you make the different kinds of brush strokes was great.
Thanks so much, I'm glad the explanation was helpful because sometimes I feel like I am just droning on and on!
This is an amazing tutorial, thank you for sharing the techniques!
You are so welcome! I'm glad it was helpful
What is strappy grass?
Artie I think I would be referring to any long grass if I am saying strappy grass. Just indicating a long thin grass. Unless it is the long ones in the front that are like a reed with leaves that grow in several directions. They grow in the lakes around me but I also saw them in Cambodia, in Africa. I just googled to see if I can find what it is called and Common Reed is maybe it's name.
Excellent information
Such a helpful tutorial. Thank you!
I've watched this over and over, this instruction is what I've been looking for! A simple approach to a complicated subject. I admire the first modulated wash and the negative painting "behind" the foreground shrub, bc of the wash it doesn't appear too flat. I'm practicing this method daily now. I tried to send the email you list for the brush source, and it didn't work. I have a Chinese brush which I can splay out but it is ox hair, not as subtle as your sable. Thank you for posting the source ahead of time. Anni
I'm so glad to hear that Ann, watercolour is important to create the top edge of the shrub with the one behind because it's so much harder to `paint' the shrub in front. I hope it helps you with foliage in future paintings. If you email me I have brushes on order and will have them listed on my website for sale in about a fortnight.
@@cherylbrucecreativ thank you so much for your prompt and thoughtful reply! I have been avidly painting in watercolor for the past 7 years, and sometimes it seems I am just starting. But it is wonderful to be immersed in a process that keeps drawing you deeper into it. I will do that right now, so appreciative- Ann
Wonderful tips - subscribed!
Friggen awesome! Thanks
So refreshing beautiful . The title says it all. Thanks for the good tutorial.
Thank you! Cheers!
That is beautiful! Awesome. Can’t wait to try it in my own.
Have fun! Let me know how it goes.
So helpful, Cheryl. Thank you.
Wonderful! Thank you!
Excellent lesson! I needed this. ❤
Lovely! Thank you!
you have such great techniques Cheryl- really appreciate the time you take to teach this..can u tell me the brand and sizes of the 2 brushes you used? they work so well! thanks!
I can't see my brush comment but I thought I replied earlier - they are BW170 in a size 8 & 10 usually in most of my paintings. I think I also use a Kazan Dagger in this for the random grasses. If you can't find a supplier of the BW170 please feel free to email me and I can put you in touch with Tammy who has a stock of the at Artspace Pop Up Gallery.
@@cherylbrucecreativ thanks so much!!! I
So helpful. Thank you
Fantastic demo! I love negative painting! Wondering if you can list the brushes that you used! Incredible results!
Sherry, the brush will be available on my website in a few days. At the moment it says shipping late July expected, but they just arrived today so I will be shipping from next week.
@@cherylbrucecreativ Cool, thanks, but wondering what they are called and their numbers. I think you used more than just the one brush.
The main chinese style brush doesn't have a code or number but if you search weasel bamboo brush you might find a stockist locally, I mix between three sizes of this brush. I also use a Montmarte sable script liner #6, and another chinese brush that is so old and again has no number and I've not come across it since. It is so worn down that it works differently now to when it was new. Kazan Dagger by Neef in a 1/4 size is also one I use a lot for random mark marking and branches. They have become hard to source in my area for some reason.
Davvero un bellissimo tutorial, grazie mille!
You are welcome. Thank you
Just what I needed to see beautifully done.
So glad!
Really nice and convincing technique! Robt
Glad you like it!
So happy you shared this. Exactly what I want to learn. Thank you 🤗
Elza, I was photographing each stage as I did a large area of layered foliage today which I will put together as a reel on my insta profile tonight or tomorrow.
@@cherylbrucecreativ Wonderful, thank you for letting me know. I'll find you on Instagram 🙏🌸
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Wow that was clever! Thanks!
I hope you give it a try
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Can you tell me where I can purchase the Chinese Squirrel flat brush from please. Searched lots of sits to no avail. SteveB
Hi Stephen, they are hard to source, but if you get in touch with Tammy at ArtSpace Pop Up at The Entrance she can supply them or post if you are not local. Her email is artspacepopupgallery@gmail.com. She has a small, medium and large, and I probably use the medium and large more than I would the small one.