Painting With a Credit Card / Abstract Watercolour Landscape

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Painting a fast and loose abstract watercolor landscape, using a credit card.
Materials:
Millford 140lb
Ultramarine (Old Holland), Burnt Sienna (MaimeriBlu), Neutral Tint (Daniel Smith)
Old plastic card, Spray bottle, Palette knife
If you have any questions, please get in touch via the comments.
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Music:
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I very much admire the fantastic loose paintings of watercolour artists such as, Edward Wesson, Edward Seago, Ron Ranson, Joseph Zbukvic, Herman Pekel, Alvaro Castagnet, Sergey Temerev and many, many more.
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[@daviddewitt9365]

This shows the value of sticking with it! I would like this style very much and I've discovered that you can get to a point where you think it's completely ruined and still save it. It's not that you've gone too far, it's that you haven't gone far enough!

[@ChrisStephenArt]

I think most paintings in this style go through an “ugly” stage. You need to have faith in your original vision.

[@bsmith5404]

Great to watch, so interesting and so many times I would have been happy to stop there … but it kept getting better. The music felt so dystopian to me that I had to turn it off!

[@ChrisStephenArt]

Thanks for watching. Sorry about the music

[@LeonaFraser1]

magic to watch thanks for sharing

[@ChrisStephenArt]

Thanks for watching!!

[@wendyschaef1174]

Wonderful, love the end results. Love this card and spray bottle work!

[@ChrisStephenArt]

Thanks Wendy. It’s a fun technique

[@carlharding5311]

A great painting and an interesting technique, accompanied by the soundtrack to an apocalyptic zombie movie. Interesting.

[@ChrisStephenArt]

Thanks very much. You’re right about the soundtrack, not sure what I was thinking to be honest !!

[@TheDabshear]

Great way to paint our local marsh! Thank you for sharing!

[@ChrisStephenArt]

You’re welcome! Thank you for watching

[@vincethomrenaissanceman1731]

It's very beautiful. I do some similar pieces. I'm always told they are impressionistic because the subject is obvious. True abstract art leaves the subject to remain a mystery.

[@ChrisStephenArt]

Thanks, Vince. I suppose it depends in your viewpoint whether a painting is “impressionistic” “realistic” “abstract” etc…
This is an interesting quote from Robert Bissett…. “All paintings are abstract. Some abstract paintings also have pictorial representation or narrative content, but in essence they are first and foremost abstract because we have only paint.”
- Robert Bissett

[@Citizen_X.]

Very beautiful work. It was like a suspense movie, I was terrified yet at the same time I wanted to stay back and see what happens.

[@ChrisStephenArt]

Thanks. It’s a fun technique. You never really know what you’re going to end up with

[@reynradio]

In my view that is just brilliant and a great painting too. 👍🏼

[@ChrisStephenArt]

Thanks Dave

[@maureenledward6035]

Fabulous! Must have a go - Thanks

[@ChrisStephenArt]

Thanks Maureen. It’s great fun, use plenty of water and let the paint go where it wants !!

[@marcstewart9169]

Cool! Not sure I’m brave enough to try this! Love Escher too! Happy new year!

[@ChrisStephenArt]

Thanks Marc. Give it a try, the trick is to let paint go where it wants and turn it into something. Happy New Year to you !!

[@janeleverett3128]

Yes, please try it. Remember, it's just a piece of paper; you have nothing to lose ... ❤

[@ailishniriain787]

So atmospheric - I love this.

[@ChrisStephenArt]

Thanks so much

[@deboraharonson8975]

I want to thank you for the spare environment, it’s helpful for my concentration. I also appreciate the less rigorous actions than some with this style. When I try this it seems like I am not doing it right because I am not rough enough…..thanks.

[@ChrisStephenArt]

You’re welcome, Deborah. Thank you for your lovely comment

[@joannekendal2785]

Amazing! You are very talented

[@ChrisStephenArt]

Thanks very much

[@carolinafernandezoro733]

Beautiful!!!

[@ChrisStephenArt]

Thanks Carolina 😊

[@jay-jay1574]

I LOVE your style!

[@ChrisStephenArt]

Thanks so much

[@ang2887]

🌟Mesmerising !! 🤩

[@ChrisStephenArt]

Thank you very much

[@adamburke7745]

Very nice

[@ChrisStephenArt]

Thanks Adam !!

[@anamariamartijena2248]

Beautiful very interesting!

[@ChrisStephenArt]

Thank you very much

[@RajPereira-tt5ku]

Lovely 🌹 touch

[@ChrisStephenArt]

Thank you 😊

[@_TheOneRing_]

Amazing!

[@ChrisStephenArt]

Thanks so much

[@k.o.1561]

Wundervolle Arbeit 👍

[@ChrisStephenArt]

Danke sehr 😊

[@jacquelinemeloche9375]

Very Nice painting

[@ChrisStephenArt]

Thanks so much

[@bramelsheretan]

Happy New Year to you

[@ChrisStephenArt]

Thanks Bramel. Happy New Year !!

[@saraht4973]

Ehere can we get such a little spray bottle. It really works well! Thank you

[@ChrisStephenArt]

Hi Sarah. It’s an eye mist spray bottle that I re-used

[@saraht4973]

Thank you so much 😊 Excellent. And wonderful technique !!!

[@ChrisStephenArt]

@@saraht4973 You’re welcome!! Thank you for watching 😊

[@markleeks1116]

Great work. Before the painting was first dried it looked good, but l would have been disappointed with how it dried and not know what to do with it.

[@ChrisStephenArt]

Thanks Mark. With this type of painting I’ll often dry it and see what it looks like. If it needs “something” I just re-wet it and go again until I’m happy. Half the fun is not fully knowing what it’s going to look like until the end

[@markleeks1116]

@@ChrisStephenArt sure, l tend not to have the paint thick enough, then it dries far too light

[@ChrisStephenArt]

@@markleeks1116 Try using it straight out of the tube. Just wet the paper a little to allow the paint to flow

[@keithkhan174]

Wouldn't the nearby palette knife work just as well?

[@ChrisStephenArt]

No, not really. A palette knife has a sharper edge

[@MsVivian99]

Yes watching!, really interesting. Yes music awful, had to turn it off! Noticed other felt same :)

[@ChrisStephenArt]

Glad you liked the painting, sorry you didn’t like the music 😊

[@MsVivian99]

@@ChrisStephenArt hi yes new to W colour and found this interesting ! Nice misty picture. Music , well at least could turn sound down :) lol

[@ChrisStephenArt]

@@MsVivian99 This is one of my older videos. My newest are more lesson based with voiceover.

[@melaniebaynes2730]

I don't know what it is with content creators these days, they seem obsessed with spoiling otherwise excellent videos with the most annoying 'music'! Has YT instructed them all that they must play music or what? I am getting really fed up with them all doing it. So many talented artists, but they are spoiling their content with the noise inflicted on the eardrums. I might have to just stick with the SAA's art videos instead.

[@ChrisStephenArt]

@melaniebaynes2730 To be fair, not every video can be made to please everyone. If it helps, my most recent video has no music at all, just my voice. Also, you can always turn the volume down. Happy painting 😊

[@didiergoupy4577]

Véry well

[@ChrisStephenArt]

Thank you

[@sharonshulik3376]

I like to watch and learn but the music is annoying when you can't turn it off

[@ChrisStephenArt]

@@sharonshulik3376 Sorry you didn’t like the music. You could have turned the volume down 😊

[@bossman1774]

It’s a credit to you!

[@ChrisStephenArt]

Thank you

[@bossman1774]

@@ChrisStephenArt
Have you gained from this technique,which is random to say the least in this medium?
Love people who experiment in Art

[@ChrisStephenArt]

@@bossman1774 Yes, of course. I gain something with every painting, good or bad. Experimentation is the key to progression

[@bossman1774]

@@ChrisStephenArt
Have you experimented in any other mediums?
I am an Artist myself

[@ChrisStephenArt]

@@bossman1774 I paint with oils occasionally

[@andreagossmann1898]

Is it only me but I expected a serial killer to jump out somewhere...

[@ChrisStephenArt]

Wow!! 😂

[@wendysamples9156]

,mahigana by enrage.

[@sundog3150]

Terrible music. WHY?

[@ChrisStephenArt]

Thanks for your lovely comment

[@acertiger591]

Art designs~ ✔
Music 🎶 ~ 💩

[@ChrisStephenArt]

Thanks for watching 🥰 Turn the sound off 😂

[@johnthompson3856]

Looks like a hot mess

[@ChrisStephenArt]

Thanks so much for watching, I really appreciate your kind words 😂😂

[@stevemack60]

Good video, but awful music.

[@ChrisStephenArt]

Thanks. Turn the sound off 😃👍