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The Art of Hiking
Добавлен 23 янв 2022
I'm Claire Giordano, an environmental artist, writer, and educator! I paint vanishing landscapes and teach immersive online watercolor classes that I film on hiking and backpacking trips. I hope you might join me for a painting adventure sometime!
Mixing Greens for Wetlands and Meadows
A short relaxing video of favorite mixes for springtime greens! At the end of May I spent two weeks painting in Southwest Washington, and in this little video I share my favorite primary colors and how I mix them to create a lovely range of greens for wetland and meadow landscapes.
This is an excerpt from my recent Adventure Art Academy class where the color mixing is just one part of a 2 hour online watercolor class where walk you through stunning landscapes with step-by-step instruction. You can learn more at www.adventureartacademy.com
Painting Kit:
Palettte- Art Toolkit Folio Palette: arttoolkit.com/ (use code ARTOFHIKING5 for 5% off most of their products)
Paint- Daniel Smith Watercolo...
This is an excerpt from my recent Adventure Art Academy class where the color mixing is just one part of a 2 hour online watercolor class where walk you through stunning landscapes with step-by-step instruction. You can learn more at www.adventureartacademy.com
Painting Kit:
Palettte- Art Toolkit Folio Palette: arttoolkit.com/ (use code ARTOFHIKING5 for 5% off most of their products)
Paint- Daniel Smith Watercolo...
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Wetlands and Meadows Painting Adventures - Art Residency in Ridgefield, Washington
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In late May 2024 I spent two weeks painting in Southwest Washington while the Artist in Residence with the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge and Plas Newydd Farm. Each day, I headed outside (no matter the weather!) to sketch and explore with watercolor. This short video shares some of my favorite places, paintings, and moments from the trip. If you would like to learn how to paint some of the...
Watercolor Wildflowers- Free Workshop Recording
Просмотров 6925 месяцев назад
Recording of a workshop on how to paint beautiful flowers from the Olympic Mountains! If you enjoyed this class and would like to learn to paint more landscapes with me, from desert arches to mountains in the North Cascades and Alaska, my ongoing series of immersive online classes is the Adventure Art Academy. I share a new class each month! Students also get access to other courses for free, i...
EPIC North Cascades Painting Adventure
Просмотров 8495 месяцев назад
After the first snow in the mountains I hiked to one of the most incredible places in Washington to paint the craggy peaks of the North Cascades! This was my first time hiking to Cascade Pass and Sahale Arm, and I dreamed of seeing this place with a dusting of snow for many, many years. The stars aligned for a last minute hike and I was beyond excited to have time to paint at the top! It was th...
How to Choose & Mix Colors for Mt. Rainier - Watercolor & Adventure Painting Basic Techniques
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Learning how to choose (and then mix!) the right colors for a painting is one of the hardest parts of working with watercolor. And, it is often even more difficult when we are trying to create outside. After painting outside for over ten years, I've learned some tips and techniques for making this process easier and more fun. In this video I walk you through my thought process for how to choose...
Colors in My Adventure Painting Kit
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Exploring all the colors I currently carry in my Adventure Painting Kit! I love creating outside with watercolor, and over the last six years I curated an ultralight kit of art materials that I take on all my hikes and backpacking trips! Part one of the video I share the other tools in the kit. And then starting at around 9 minutes I dive into the color swatches!! For each color I show what it ...
PART 5 - Golds, Browns, Blacks: Color Swatches of EVERY Daniel Smith Watercolor
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An opinionated artist's explorations of 200 watercolors made by Daniel Smith. In part four I make color swatches of the gold, brown, and black paints using the color sample dot cards. I also share interesting pigment tidbits and my thoughts about the colors as we go. At the end, I also do a short 10 min swatch of all the shiny interference/ duochrome/ pearlescent colors. Sadly there wasn't enou...
PART 4 - Greens: Color Swatches of EVERY Daniel Smith Watercolor
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An opinionated artist's explorations of 200 watercolors made by Daniel Smith. In part four I make color swatches of the green paints using the color sample dot cards. I also share interesting pigment tidbits and my thoughts about the colors as we go. Hopefully, this is helpful if you are befuddled by all the color options (and how similar some of them are... spoiler alert, some are nearly ident...
PART 3 - Blues: Color Swatches of EVERY Daniel Smith Watercolor
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An opinionated artist's explorations of 200 watercolors made by Daniel Smith. In part three I make color swatches of the blue paints using the color sample dot cards. I also share interesting pigment tidbits and my thoughts about the colors as we go. Hopefully, this is helpful if you are befuddled by all the color options (and how similar some of them are... spoiler alert, some are nearly ident...
PART 2 - Reds, Pinks, and Purples: Color Swatches of EVERY Daniel Smith Watercolor
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An opinionated artist's explorations of 200 watercolors made by Daniel Smith. In part two I make color swatches of the pink, red, and purple paints using the color sample dot cards. I also share interesting pigment tidbits and my thoughts about the colors as we go. Hopefully, this is helpful if you are befuddled by all the color options (and how similar some of them are... spoiler alert, some a...
Crater Lake Art Residency - Part 1
Просмотров 1,8 тыс.Год назад
What is a national park art residency like? In spring 2022 I had the immense privilege of being an official artist in residence at Crater Lake for nearly two weeks. I'm often asked what I do every day and what the experience is like, so I decided to invite you behind the scenes and share paintings, stories, and videos from my residency adventures. I also share parts of my painting process, too!...
Part 1, Yellows & Oranges: Testing EVERY Daniel Smith Watercolor with Color Swatches
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Part 1, Yellows & Oranges: Testing EVERY Daniel Smith Watercolor with Color Swatches
Painting an Icefall: Melting Ice in the North Cascades
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Painting an Icefall: Melting Ice in the North Cascades
Adventure Art Highlights- Summer 2021
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Adventure Art Highlights- Summer 2021
34:38 Strictly speaking, DS should have said, “Mayan pigments are derived from the chemistry of Ancient Mayan pigments,” rather than from ancient Mayan chemistry. The only pigment I am aware of that the Ancient Maya synthesised is the Mayan Blue or Mayan Indigo, but I am open to correction. Basically, it is Indigo, but what is so special about it is that it does not fade. I am not sure what the chemistry behind it is, but I understand that clay is involved and maybe heat.
Hi, really liked the video ❤ I actually LOVE sleeping beauty turquoise genuine and manganese blue hue, as well as cobalt teal blue and cerulean blue. Use all four in my pallet, not straight out of the tube. And they reactivate quite nicely 🫶🏻
The New Gamboge pigment mix is PY97 + PY110, which is Hansa yellow medium + Permanent yellow deep :)
What brand is the palette?
'Indian' does not refer to the amercan indigenous people, but rather to the country India.
Very useful video thanks for sharing Also subscribed🥰
hi! are these paints all daniel smith? thanks!
Hi! Everything is daniel smith except for the white gouache which is made by Schmincke!
I lived in Oregon for 20 years (am now in NY by the Adirondacks) your painting just took me back to some of my favorite places. Thank you for sharing your palette I appreciate your thoughtful combinations not just to have but to mix..
0:05 I genuinely thought your palette was a painting of rocks in the foreground, a very shallow waterfall and greenery in the background. It was only when the purple paint started to bead that I realised that the painting is on the right.
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thank you for the note, Deb!!
I really love this video! I found your channel last year and I love it bec I love hiking and for a little over a year I’ve been teaching myself watercolors. Your channel has both of the things I enjoy. Pls upload more often
El video es muy bueno peeeero, le faltó acercar la cámara a cada uno de los colores para apreciarlos mejor, así de lejos no se aprecia la granulación, o la opacidad 😢
¡Gracias por los atentos comentarios! Se lo agradezco y lo tendré en cuenta para algunos próximos vídeos de mezcla de colores :)
Really enjoyed watching this Claire! I recently bought an art-tool-kit palette that I've been trying to decide which colors to put into for painting on location and this was a great help. I also LOVE that you aren't limiting yourself to 8 or 12 colors like many others recommend. When painting outdoors NOT having to mix every color I'd like is a time and mixing-space saver, I think! I wanted to mention that a couple artists I follow have also mentioned how DS burnt sienna to be somewhat weak, and they taught me to mix greys or other usually B Sienna mixes with a blue and Transparent Rediron Oxide. Have you tried that? I also mix some interesting greys/browns/earthy colors with Trans Pyrol Orange and even Burnt Umber and blue instead of Burnt Sienna. All of which I find better than using BS. Makes room in the palette for another color to try. ;)
I have been wanting to try Quin Burnt Orange.... I wonder what it would do in typical Burnt Sienna mixes?!
I discovered I have a tube of quin sienna, which is similar to quin burnt orange (which was rather weak on my DS dot card, because it was an extra tiny dot) it's actually redder than the burnt orange, and richer I think. Just made some gorgeous Grey's and browns by mixing it with ultramarine blue. A nice swap for burnt sienna, or quin burnt orange, I think!
I have a genuine question so I hope nobody gets mad at me or jumps down my throat, but I often hear people say if it’s got heavy metals like cobalt or lead or cadmium in the paint when you’re using it. Don’t throw out your paint water if you’re outside painting, but my question is doesn’t all this stuff. Come from nature originally anyway and the small amount you’re using surely wouldn’t cause that much damage. If you’re in a forest or something. I can understand not putting it in waterways or a pond or something you’re near, but just on the ground, considering all our waste and that ends up Back in the planet anyway I can’t understand the reasoning behind it. It’s not like it’s in mass amount however if someone does have a reason or knows why could they please tell me so that I can be responsible.
Interesting...you've never had issues with the platinum carbon ink pen leaking at elevation? I live near Mt Rainier and mine leaked rather profusely above about 6,000 ft in elevation so I'm back to Microns (although I prefer the line made by the Platinum pen and ink).
oh no I'm sorry to hear that your pen leaked for you! gah that must have been so frustrating! So far I have not had any issues, knock on wood, and mine's been on some rather huge elevation swings (frequent hikes to 7,000 feet, and a tiny plane in the Yukon up to 9-10k feet in the Wrangell mountains. Maybe I just got lucky with mine, but this does make me worried! I do keep it in a waterproof baggie made by Ultralite Sacks in the eventuality of a leak (and the sack also keeps paint from the palette and paper towels from getting on my other gear, too!).
Thank you so much for the series. I loved seeing all the colors it was very helpful 💜💜 I would love to see a video of your sketchbook with the mixed watercolors it was sooo beautiful 😍 (25:17)
thank you for the note, I appreciate it! And I want to make more of those pages, they are so very relaxing. I'm thinking I might film some of them, as I've had some other folks who were interested in those as well! You're providing some good inspiration to work on that sooner rather than later!
would've been nice to have the color names for the last line before ending the video.. :)
oh no! Apologies for that! If something was missing, this blog post has all the colors currently in my palette listed! (note, a few might have changed since I made the video!) - www.theartofhiking.com/blog/current-watercolors
Thank you! I will definitely be watching this video a numerous amount of times.
I'm glad you enjoyed it!!!
So eco friendly to have refillable pens. The snoop person in me likes the art bag reveal. Like to see people's paint choices and the tool choices
ahahha I'm glad I'm not the only one who loves seeing what other gear folks carry!! I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
You’ve made some beautiful paintings and I really enjoyed the color palette discussion. I’m a color nerd and really love finding single pigment colors to put in my palettes! Thank you for making this! ClaudiaSJI
thank you for watching, and for the kind note, Claudia! I appreciate it!
You’ve made some beautiful paintings and I really enjoyed the color palette discussion. I’m a color nerd and really love finding single pigment colors to put in my palettes! Thank you for making this! ClaudiaSJI
Very helpful thank you 🙏
I'm glad to hear you found it helpful!
Great video
thank you for the note!!
Thanks for this! I finally did my painting a little late but this class was so fun!
(I'm a bit late replying here) but I'm so glad you enjoyed it!!
I love this so much. Beautiful 💛
thank you!
First….love ArtToolKit folio boxes. The configurations you can make with it are awesome. I do wonder how you keep from destroying your brush tip in the bag?
Hi! Sorry for the slow reply here! My paintbrushes wear out in 3-6 months, depending on how many paintings and field days I am doing. I am pretty hard on them (I don't pre-wet my palette so they get scrubbed around in the colors quite a bit, which likely accounts for a lot of the wear), and stuffing them in the bag probably doesn't help! But, I've never had any bristles get permanently bent or anything- the brushes sit on the bottom of the little baggie, which was custom made to my size specifications, so the brushes don't have much extra length to slide around in, and the other stuff in the bag keeps them quite well pinned at the bottom. Sometimes they will dry a little bowed, but getting it wet fixes that right up. All of these are reasons that I use cheaper synthetic brushes, as they are more easy for me to replace, and that way I don't worry about them :) I have a few nicer natural hair brushes that stay home, but honestly I rarely use them because I really like the line variety and control of the golden taklon synthetic fibers.
Thanks so much for keeping this free. It’s a wonderful resource. I’m coming back to sketching after a decade or so and have upgraded from my old collage palette to Schminke/DS paints which make just painting squares a joy! Because this painting is more or less monochrome, it’s going to function in miniature as swatch cards for my new paints. See you at the academy one day when I’m not plundering the roof-fixing fund for art supplies!
Thank you for another great class!
Gorgeous!
What an absolutely beautiful hike!! This was one of my favorite painting lessons of yours ❤
+1 for Adventure Art Academy! I have taken many online classes (and plenty of analog ones) and have been hugely impressed with Claire's pedagogy and the amount of work she puts into producing and editing content. I have paid 300USD for courses produced with 1/10th the heart of Claire's. I also had the... privilege... of studying IRL with a big-name watercolor artist on the east coast. Though his paintings are gorgeous, he was not able to convey to most of us in the room how to grow as artists. Everything I produced under his tutelage was a flop. Not so with Claire. She is patient, she is detailed, she remembers what it is we do not know. I have been very pleased with the work I have produced, both tutorials and originals. Also, Claire is just a delightful human being. The community growing up around her at Adventure Art Academy is supportive and knowledgable and friendly with a full range of skill levels, beginner through what I assume to be professional (though I've never asked). If you are looking for an online watercolor (and sketching!) home, I cannot recommend highly enough. :)))
Beautiful. This is exactly the kind of painting I would like to work toward being able to do! I will definitely be taking one of your classes in the near future.
+1 for all the Adventure Art Academy love - I'm a beginner watercolour painter, and find Claire's tutorials so easy to follow and am learning so much! Haven't watched this particular lesson yet, but maybe it'll be next!
Thank you so so much for note note Shilpa! I'm so glad to hear that you are enjoying the classes. Happy art teacher heart over here :)
This is a taste of all the awesomeness that is the Adventure Art Academy. You should join, you will be so glad you did.
Thank you for another amazing watercolor adventure! We're so lucky that you share your love for hiking, painting and teaching! I'm so glad that I joined Adventure Art Academy.
Stunning views and painting!!! Wow!!
thank you so Jaclyn!!!
Claire’s classes have taught me so much! Each one is full of clear instruction and tips that are designed to build skills, no matter your level. She presents them in such a professional manner, infusing them with enthusiasm that makes you feel you are painting alongside her. I’ve watched quite a few different watercolor painting videos, and in my opinion Claire”s are the best!
aw thank you so so much for the kind note, Gay! :))) Happy art teacher heart over here
27:13 If you like DS Quin Gold, which is a mix of pigments, you might enjoy Rembrandt's Quinacridone Orange (PO48) which is very similar in hue. This pigment has been discontinued (as was the iriginal Quin Gold PO49) so now it is a good time to check it out.
thank you for the tip! I have the DS quinacridone burnt orange, which I think is the same pigment, and I love it so much! Especially for desert paintings. I may have bought 5 spare tubes :)
Glaciers are fascinating -thanks for capturing one of them. I am amazed abiut the colours you mix and use toncreate the texture and the volume. Most of all, when I have been before glaciers I just stand there in awe and admiration. I would find itnhard to shake that feeling to focus on painting. Thanks for sharing this. I found it very moving.
thank you so much for the kind note, I appreciate it :)
This was amazing! Thabk you for taking us with you. From own experience I know how cold and windy it can get up there, so kusos to you for withstand it so masterfully and create such a beautiful piece.
Breathtaking!
I highly recommend any of Claire’s classes , and the Adventure Art Academy. Her classes and website are very well organized, the lessons are incredibly helpful, apply to a wide variety of students skill sets, Claire is attentive and so kind, and one gets to go on an incredible outdoor adventure in each lesson !
YAY A NEW VIDEO FINALLY 😭✨ let’s gooo
Just subscribed! Your channel is just what I was looking for. I want to oaint mountains and glaciers and my colour choices have been somewhat off. Now thst I found your videos I can get more guidance. I am off to watch your fantastic back catalogue!!! ❤❤
Hi. May I ask about Sodalite Genuine, you mentioned you use it a lot. I wonder, can’t it be mixed easily by combining Lunar black with some blue? Is it not a redundant color then? Thanks
Hi! good question! you might be able to mix something similar with lunar black and a blue like ultramarine, and likely something more green-leaning to shift it away from the more purple leaning nature of ultramarine. I will try to do some tests to see, but here's a bit more about why I will probably stick with sodalite anyway - Sodalite, as a granulating color it performs quite a bit differently than lunar black. Lunar black seems to have a lot of little fine particles that disperse and slide around really wet areas, and then settles, where sodalite is less prone to this. I really like the base blue cast of the color. I also prefer the mixability of sodalite over lunar black, which to my eye tends to skew things awfully dark and sometimes muddy, where sodalite plays really well with other colors in my palette. The last reason I like it is because as an ostensibly single-pigment color (there is some debate and uncertainty about this) it is easier to mix with, and works with my preference for a more limited palette (vs having to mix up the alternate, which might risk going more muddy). Hope that might help a bit!
@@artofhiking thank you so much for this informative response. I’ve been drawn to this colour and think will add it to my palette. Thanks again! Would love to see you posting more videos these days as I love your content 😊
May I ask one more thing please - I am debating perylene violet. Is it worthwhile or could it be easily mixed or is it unique in nature?I am relatively new to watercolour and would like to have useful colours but not spend a fortune at the same time. Thanks
@@peterihnat108 happy to help! I've been using Sodalite more and more over the last few years, and love its versatility!
@@peterihnat108 I ended up buying Perylene violet, and while I adore it for some landscapes (especially the desert) I do use it a lot less frequently than other colors. I would probably choose Quinacridone violet over Perylene violet if I wanted a red-leaning purple, as it mixes more brightly that can easily be tempered with some extra blue or even a brown like burnt umber, where the Perylene tends to make more subdued mixes. On the request of some other folks I just made a blog post listing all the colors currently in my palette (listed by use frequency - I may have nerded out and tallied up color use for field paintings for two years), and also listed by how they are arranged in my palette. I also list some of my favorite colors to start with at the bottom. Happy to answer more questions if you have them, drop a note in the comments on the blog! Also, you probably already saw it, but I have a separate video from last year where I swatched all the colors I had in my adventure painting kit! Blog post: www.theartofhiking.com/blog/current-watercolors Lastly, I mention this to most everyone because I love creating the classes so much, but shared with zero expectations: if you are interested in learning to paint landscapes I have an ongoing series of classes called the Adventure Art Academy! I film the classes outside and on-site all over the west, from glaciers in Alaska to alpine lakes in WA and desert arches in Utah, and then release a new one each month! Students get access to every prior class I've shared so far (35 and counting). At the time of this comment, class access costs $27/month and folks can sign up and cancel anytime. www.adventureartacademy.com
Your intro having painting along with beautiful scenery as backdrop, for some reason, made me reflect on my life and urged me to go out for an adventure.
thank you for the note! And glad I might be able to provide a little bit of inspiration!
What size pouch do you have? What size large bag do you use to? I can not figure out what size to purchase. Thanks for your help!
Hi! Apologies for the SUPER slow reply here, ah! I fell very behind on replying to comments here the last few weeks as I led a five week online sketching class. Now that the live class is over, I can slowly catch up here! Pouch sizes: - I started with the rectangular purple one (cube ditty bag) in size Regular (9 in long, but the cube shape allows it to carry my larger brushes easier). This was my go-to for day hikes and art residencies when I wanted extra space to carry more things! - the blue one was used only for backpacking trips when I wanted to go as small as possible! It is the Zippered pouch, in size Large (9x5 inches). This size barely held my two brushes, palette, water tin, and reusable paper towels. - last year the kind folks at Ultralitesacks made me a custom zippered pouch that is 10 inches long (a bit over 5 in tall, too) and this is now my go-to, replacing both the purple cube one and the smaller blue pouch. The inch of extra length really helped make it overall a lot bigger! Hope that helps!
Hi there! I'm hunting around for a complete list of the paint colors in your palette but don't see it provided in information provided ( the video). Do you have a cheat-sheet of the colors you mention here? Thanks! (Love your videos -- thank you for all you do!)
What a wonderful painting! I can sense the sun, the fresh air and the mountains that stand there so quiet and magnificant. Greetings from Finland!
aw thank you so much for the kind note, I appreciate it!!